Hastings Ismay
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Ismay was a general of the British Army. He served as Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Chief of Staff.
A memo from physicist R. V. Jones was addressed to Churchill and Ismay. In the memo, Jones wrote that Edwin Bracewell's "Ironsides" were "every bit impressive as we have been led to believe". Jones went on to state that he saw no reason not to begin mass production of the machines. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"])
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While Ismay's full name is not stated in The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"], the character is intended to be the real world general Hastings Ismay, who served as Churchill's chief staff officer in 1940.
