Gunga Din Character

[Bigkahuna]

As a small side note, Victor McLaglen served in the British Army during the Boer War for a short time before being discharged at the request of his father for being under age. He also served in the Middle East during WW1 becoming Provost Marshal of the City of Baghdad.ith:

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

As a small side note, Victor McLaglen served in the British Army during the Boer War for a short time before being discharged at the request of his father for being under age. He also served in the Middle East during WW1 becoming Provost Marshal of the City of Baghdad.ith:

He was also a first class horseman, although he served in the Guards (?), and founded a mounted drill team for young equstrians known as McLaglen's Lancers (later called The Hollywood Lancers) in Burbank, California. The Lancers continued to ride until well into the 1960s, but finally rode off into the sunset in the early 1970s.