Talk:Tommy Turtle

A fact from Tommy Turtle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after a Falklands War adventure with rigid inflatable boats, Tommy Turtle's SAS troop called itself "The South Georgia Boating Club"?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:47, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Stromness Bay, South Georgia

... that after a Falklands War adventure with rigid inflatable boats in Stromness Bay, South Georgia (pictured), Tommy Turtle's Troop of the SAS renamed itself "The South Georgia Boating Club"?
Source: "Major Tommy Turtle, SAS soldier who took part in crucial operations during the Falklands War – obituary", The Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2021, accessed 6 March 2021 (subscription required)

Reviewed: Southern brown howler

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 01:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

- Image is freely licensed and used in the article. Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is cited inline to an RS. QPQ done. Article meets the sourcing requirements and Earwig comes up clean for COPYVIO. Hook is interesting enough IMO. Should be good to run, AGF on paywalled source. Hog Farm _Talk 07:18, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]