1.0Discover War Poets - WW1https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1Helenhttps://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1/blog/author/helen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iBuU1yzd8e"><a href="https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1/poets-and-poetry/claude-templer/">Claude Templer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1/poets-and-poetry/claude-templer/embed/#?secret=iBuU1yzd8e" width="600" height="338" title="“Claude Templer” — Discover War Poets - WW1" data-secret="iBuU1yzd8e" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/03/Claude_Templer.jpg400401Claude Templer was born in Dharmsala, Punjab, India on July 5th, 1895, the son of Colonel Henry Templer late of the 5th Punjab Cavalry. He was educated at Wellington College, the Anglo-Saxon School in Paris and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was a cadet at Sandhurst when the war broke out and was commissioned  Continue Reading »