Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart served in three wars spanning five decades. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. He lost his left eye, his left hand, and part of his ear. When a doctor refused to amputate his mangled fingers, he bit them off himself. He survived two plane crashes and tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp. His summary of World War I: "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war." He lived to 83.