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Line 105: == Tabletop Games == * The ideal for Imperial Guard officers in ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'', penchant for shooting their own troops for cowardice notwithstanding. As in real life, most of them fall well short. Some [[Space Marine]] commanders fit this as well. The occasional Inquisitor falls under this trope. * ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' has Nathan Zachary; captain of the pirate airship ''Pandora'' and known throughout the Americas as the Gentleman Pirate. * [[~~Seventh~~7th Sea]] has too many to count. Line 134: == Real Life == * Real life subversion in conduct Robert Graves, the author of ''[[I, Claudius]]'', describes doing during [[World War ~~One~~I]]. He describes an occasion when a German officer was sighted as being within sniping range, and declaring that it would be dishonourable to kill a fellow officer this way, Graves handed his gun to a lower class soldier and ordered him to make the kill. * After the death of legendary German [[WW 1]] Ace [[wikipedia:Oswald Boelcke\|Oswald Boelcke]] (known for writing the first manual of air combat, still relevant today), the English sent a plane to drop a wreath mourning the loss. Just because there's a war on, it doesn't mean you have to be insensitive, dontcherknow. Line 149: The fact that Lee clung to his Officer and a Gentleman ideals in the face of crushing defeat, especially his abhorrence of [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty\|guerilla warfare]] and [[Would Not Shoot a Civilian\|"collateral damage"]] had as much to do with reuniting the Union as anything Lincoln or Grant did. * Peruvian admiral Miguel Grau. After sinking the ''Esmeralda'' battle boat in 1789, he immadiately wrote the Esmeralda captain's widow praising her dead husband's bravery and sent her the guy's personal effects. * Yet another example: [[Korvettenkapit Ã]]¤n (Lieutenant Commander) Karl von Muller, during [[World War ~~One~~I]] as the commander of the commerce raider SMS Emden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden_(1906)\] He often risked his ship and crew in order to be polite and often released his prisoners aboard neutral or civilian ships. Still regarded as an example of a wonderful campaign and Knightly service. * George Washington was known for his gentlemanly conduct both on and off the battlefield. After one battle during the Revolutionary War, the dog of British General William Howe wandered into the colonial camp. Washington had the dog returned with a friendly letter, and Howe wrote a glowing assessment of Washington's character in his journal. ** During the winter at Valley Forge, when Washington took up residence in a local farmhouse, he actually paid rent (as opposed to simply occupying the house by force).

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