I’ve served in HerMajForces. UK.

The White Feather is NOT given to conscientious objectors. It is given to SERVING SOLDIERS who leave (RUNAWAY from) their comrades in times of need.

A WHITE FEATHER was NEVER presented to a man on the street by an angry woman. It was given by comrades-in-arms to a deserter/coward.

This is where M and I part. I’ve always been leery about his obsession with Nelson Mandela.

WhyTheFluff would an anonymous girl have her pockets filled with white feathers that she could pin willy-nilly on any man she came across.

Go back further than WW1. The Boer War?

M’eh. Talking to myself again :o(