Wednesday, September 4, 2013

A full life


A young Donald Featherstone 
(swiped from the Grand Duchy of Stollen blog) 

Gentlemen,

I have just read on the Old School Wargaming list that Donald Featherstone has died.

It is a sad day for us who come after - but it marks the end of a life of considerable achievement.  In the little correspondence I had with him - he struck me as a man who lived a full life though one not unmarked by tragedy.

That he took the time to answer a letter from a fan despite being in his nineties demonstrates the quality of his character.  I treasure it still.

In death he is reunited with those that were taken from him in life. Rest eternal grant to him O Lord and let light perpetual shine upon him and may he rest in peace.

Gentlemen, charge your bumpers.

I give you the toast - Donald Featherstone.

11 comments:

  1. A toast well made. Thank you for being so eloquent. I never met him but his influence on me and my hobby will be felt for a long time yet.

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  2. A sad day for the hobby, I always loved his Solo Wargaming book in particular.
    If immortality is measured by the lives you touch, he will indeed live on for many years to come.

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  3. Rest in peace, Mr. Featherstone. You will be missed. Cheers!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. A founder and Titan in the truest sense. The deep bedrock of his work has provided firm footing for nearly all modern wargaming, whether the participants know it or not.

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  5. Bumpers will be well and truly charged

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  6. I'll sadly toast is passing. God bless him.

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  7. Allthough I never met him in person, I felt I knew him. I have read a lot of his books. It was nice to see the video interview of him awile back that John Curry did...Jeff
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNfOhnQvMI

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  8. The grand old man of wargaming. Sad news. If it's OK with you, I'd like to post this on the Victorian Military Society's Facebook page.

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