“Having previously lost an eye and a hand in battle, Carton de Wiart, as commanding officer, was seen by his men pulling the pins of grenades out with his teeth and hurling them with his one good arm.” The BBC on Adrian Carton de Wiart: The unkillable soldier, who in his memoir wrote: “Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.” (Someone like this could really spice up this season’s Downton Abbey.)