plumer

[PeterGreenMan]

"Plumer is reported to have suffered from acute short-sightedness early on in his military career. Another general has written (and I'm sorry but I can't find the reference) that it is a terrible handicap for a general to be short-sighted. I was wondering how this might have affected his leadership in The Great War.

 

[Bombardier]

Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (1857-1932) was born in 1857 in Torquay.

I doubt that his short sightedness caused him much concern and his achievements during his planned assault on the Messines ridge on 7 June 1917 is evidence of this.