- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:09, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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Paddy Fox
- ... that Paddy Fox was the British Army's most successful recruiting sergeant? "PADDY FOX, who has died aged 82, was a Chelsea Pensioner and the Army's most successful recruiting sergeant." from: "Paddy Fox, recruiting sergeant - obituary". The Telegraph. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ALT1: ... that Paddy Fox recruited so many people from County Durham to the British Army that they became known locally as "Pad's Army"? "A memorial service is to be held in honour of an ex-East Durham army recruiter who created what became known as 'Pad's Army'" from: "Memorial service for 'kind and thoughtful' man behind 'Pad's Army'". Sunderland Echo. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:07, 18 November 2021 (UTC).
... new enough, log enough, reads well, copy bio <25%, both hooks in article and followed by inline citations to sources verifying them, I prefer ALT1. The proposed hook might be too close in copy of the original. QPQ provided. No image, Hook lengths ok. Thank you again. Whispyhistory (talk) 17:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
