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SEPTEMBER O,TH, 1943 FLIGHT Advertisements. 11 Waimer Castle HITfIT'S ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK" IT was on the beach below Walmer Castle that Julius Ca;sar landed; itthe castle itself that William Pitt, when the Allies' hopes were at theirebb, foretold Napoleon's downfall; and it was on the castle terrace that the Duke of Wellington chose "Thomas Atkins" as a sobriquet for the British soldier. Thomas Atkins had been the right-hand man of the battalion commanded by Colonel Wellesley at the battle of Boxtel in 1794, in the course of which Atkins was mortally wounded. The dying soldier's last words to his young colonel were: "It's all right, sir; it's all in the day's work." Fifty years later, Wellington still remembered, and made of this forgotten soldier's name the most famous name in the world. There'll always be an England NEW BOOK ON MAGNESIUM—TECHNOLOGY OF MAGNESIUM AND ITS ALLOYS Price 30/- plus 7d. postage IN U.K. Price 30/- plus 3/- postage, packing and insurance, ABROAD. To be obtained from F. A. Hughes & Co. Limited, Abbey House, Baker Street, London, N.W.I was in lowest • Sole Producers and Proprietors of the Trade Mark " Elektron ": MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON LIMITED. Abbey House. London. N.W.I • Licensed Manufacturers: Castings & Forgmgs. STEKLIMC METALS LIMITED, Northey Road. Foleshill, Coventry • Castings: THE BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) COMPANY LIMITED, Birmid Works. Smethwick, Bjmirigbam • J. STONE S COMPANY LIMITED. Deptford. London. S.E.I4 • Sheet, Extrusions. Forging: I Tubes • JAMES BOOTH & CO. (1915) LIMITED, Argyle Screet Works, Nechclls, Birmingham. 7 • Sheet, Extrusions, Etc.: BIRMETALS LIMITED, Woodgate, Quinton, Birmingham • Suppliers of Magnesium and "Elektron" Metal for the British Empire: F. A. HUGHES & CO. LIMITED, Abbey House, Baker Street. London. N.W.I
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