| 14Bore | 23 Sep 2011 4:10 p.m. PST |
For me Field Marshal Curt v. Schwerin grabbing the flag of his own 2nd battalion to lead them on and gets hit with canister, or Gen Armistead reaching the wall at Gettysburg. What's your suggestions ?
Maybe not quite the poll question yet, or until there is some suggestions on what to vote on |
| Old Bear | 23 Sep 2011 4:32 p.m. PST |
H. Jones. Falkland Islands. |
| doc mcb | 23 Sep 2011 4:40 p.m. PST |
Black Douglas' last charge? von Winkelried? There was an unknown Hungarian girl in Budapest in 1956 who set her dress on fire and jumped into the turret of a T54, blowing it up. Really, there must be thousands of acts of sacrifice in battle in all the stories. |
| Norman D Landings | 23 Sep 2011 4:42 p.m. PST |
GAC at Little Big Horn… Harold, at Hastings… Wolfe at Quebec… Nelson.
Yeah, I think perhaps Nelson. |
| Grelber | 23 Sep 2011 5:05 p.m. PST |
The Victorian picture of Gordon dying at Khartoum.
Grelber |
| vojvoda | 23 Sep 2011 5:06 p.m. PST |
Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon during the Battle of Mogadishu, Bar none, the only two soldiers ever given the Medal of Houour for the same action. Both were friends and fellow soldier who to this day can bring a tear to my eyes. They were true heroes.
VR
James Mattes |
| Pictors Studio | 23 Sep 2011 5:18 p.m. PST |
Leonidas at thermopylae for me. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 23 Sep 2011 5:58 p.m. PST |
Admiral Kidd on the bridge of the Arizona at Pear Harbor! |
| Wizard Whateley | 23 Sep 2011 6:02 p.m. PST |
Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. |
| Wizard Whateley | 23 Sep 2011 6:03 p.m. PST |
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| Battle Phlox | 23 Sep 2011 6:22 p.m. PST |
This thread is sounding a little too much like the comic book guy from the Simpsons. "Greatest military death ever." |
| uruk hai | 23 Sep 2011 7:17 p.m. PST |
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| skippy0001 | 23 Sep 2011 8:00 p.m. PST |
hitler, blowing his brains out-just 12 years too late. |
| Fonthill Hoser | 23 Sep 2011 8:17 p.m. PST |
H Jones? He got himself in a very poor tactical position and paid the ultimate price. Who was the samurai who cut his own head off to inspire the troops? |
| fitterpete | 23 Sep 2011 8:26 p.m. PST |
LaSalle, died like a true light cavalryman. |
Toshach  | 23 Sep 2011 8:30 p.m. PST |
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| Silurian | 23 Sep 2011 8:57 p.m. PST |
General Brock at Queenston Heights. |
| 21eRegt | 23 Sep 2011 9:13 p.m. PST |
To add to the list – General Sedgwick in 1864: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis(thwack!)" Hard to top Nelson. Went out at the top of his game and winning the most admired naval victory in history. |
| Fonthill Hoser | 23 Sep 2011 9:34 p.m. PST |
Silurian, Brock was another who was killed as a result of getting himself into a poor position. However, his final order, "Surgite!" is a classic. It's the motto of my alma mater, Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. Hoser |
| Jovian1 | 23 Sep 2011 9:43 p.m. PST |
El Cid? The Chevalier du Bayard? Who else gets shot in the back and both sides stop the war to tend to him til he dies? |
| krieghund | 24 Sep 2011 3:09 a.m. PST |
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| bruntonboy | 24 Sep 2011 4:04 a.m. PST |
Gustav II Adolf at Lutzen I would say. or Harold at Hastings, or Nelson, or James IV at Flodden or the unkonwn Viking at Stamford Bridge who held back the Saxons for an age from crossing. There's no correct answer really is there? |
| Scorpio | 24 Sep 2011 4:38 a.m. PST |
There's no correct answer really is there? Welcome to the TMP Suggestions Board! |
| emckinney | 26 Sep 2011 10:37 a.m. PST |
Charles N. DeGlopper? "I wonder if he ever thought 'What the heck am I doing this for?'" |
 The Virtual Armchair General | 16 Apr 2013 12:47 p.m. PST |
A Gentlemen no longer allowed to post here at TMP called my attention to this poll with his question, "How did Danjou (Camerone), Crockett/Bowie/Travis (Alamo), or Armisted (Gettysburg) not make the cut?" Excellent questions, Sir! Or what about Frank Luke's "last stand" against the Huns? I think the list of nominees should have been allowed to grow a bit, and then probably voted on from several, shorter lists, and then a final cut. But a legitimate topic of discussion, indeed! TVAG |
| Great War Ace | 17 Apr 2013 11:53 a.m. PST |
Frank Luke took out his pistol, but there was no shootout. He died by a stream with his lungs full of blood. I never saw the poll…. |
| Sisiutl | 20 Apr 2013 12:17 p.m. PST |
Pierre Terrail de Bayard, without a doubt. Mortally wounded when covering the retreat of the forces he had just "inherited" from Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (a fop who survived the battle and lived long enough to cause François I to be captured and some ten thousand French combattants to die at Pavia), he was overtaken by the enemy, who included his former friend, Charles III de Bourbon, the former Constable of France. When the latter saw him dying, he reportedly said, "Ah! Monsieur de Bayard… it grieves me so to see you in such a state, you who were so virtuous a knight!", to which Bayard responded, "Grieve not for me, Sir, for I die a man of honour. But I grieve for you, who serve against your king and your country." That ability to deliver a final estocade to a traitor must surely be worth an honourable mention. |
| John D Salt | 21 Apr 2013 2:08 a.m. PST |
Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson and the crew of HMS Li Wo. All the best, John. |
tackles a pair of lionesses.
