The Ironsides at War: The C.I.G.S. and His Wife and Daughter
... The Ironsides at War The C.I.G.S. and His Wife and Daughter Since his appointment to Lord Gort's vacated post as Chief of the Imperial General Staff on the outbreak of war, Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside's only home has been the War Office. For over ten weeks he has slept on an austere iron bedstead in his room overlooking Whitehall. Every day he changes his shoes for a pair of shining boots and ...