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Harry Andrews’ improbable but true World War I service began in an army hospital. The young man was one of the 7,000 soldiers at Camp Dix, New Jersey, who were cut down by an outbreak of deadly cerebrospinal meningitis. Andrews’ motionless body was moved to a morgue, and his records were marked "deceased" and sent to Washington.
Aug 7, 2020 · Harry D. Andrews, Class of 1916, embodied these values. Andrews graduated from Colgate before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually reaching the status of sergeant major. One of 7,000 soldiers at Camp Dix, N.J., who succumbed to a deadly outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis, Andrews was pronounced dead and placed in ...
Oct 8, 2015 · While the Château Laroche—or Loveland Castle, as the locals call it—has a fascinating heritage, the story behind its creator, Harry Delos Andrews, is equally intriguing. Born April 5, 1890 ...
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On a gray and damp late winter Saturday, I’m one of only a handful of visitors to Loveland Castle. Signs guide me down a steep, winding road with several hairpin turns; it turns out that the narrow road was also built by Andrews and still can’t accommodate buses. As the walled castle comes into view, I’m tempted to say that it looks out of place—so...
Authorities took their time informing Andrews’ family and friends that he wasn’t, as they had previously thought, dead. So long, in fact, that Andrews’ fiance had already married another man. After this, according to the KGOT, Andrews “veered away from women, period,” and despite fielding more than “50 marriage proposals later in life, he turned al...
Andrews, the subject of the 1979 PBS documentary Castle Man, was by all accounts a selfless, hardworking, and humble man. At one time he was the oldest living notary public in the state of Ohio, never charging more than a quarter for his services. He allegedly had an IQ of 189 (“genius” begins at 160), published a book on immigration for the U.S. g...
Apr 29, 2020 · Harry D. Andrews was born in 1890 and served as a medic in France during World War I. While "over there," he contracted spinal meningitis and was declared dead. Except that he was very much alive and in hospital at the actual Chateau La Roche in southwest France.
Harry Andrews and his castle. The history of Chateau Laroche has gotten hazy, given that its builder, Harry Andrews, has been dead for decades. Three facts, however, seem pretty clear: Harry built an imposing European-style castle by himself, Harry had a low opinion of the modern world, and Harry really enjoyed the company of young men.
Harry Stewart Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill (1965) alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor.
