[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Ivar Thord Hallström born 1878 arrived in South Africa aged 14 working on a ship. He stayed there working a o as a prison guard at Robben Island.

In 1895 he joined Cape Mounted Rifles and made Lieutenant in 1901.

It is beleived that he inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs to write "Tarzan and the apes" (1914?). Tarzan should be the son of Lord Graystroke and it is belived that Gray in Thord-Gray came from that.

In 1920 he settled down in USA. Coral Gables, Florida. I have come across that he was General in Florida National Guard during WW 2 but that is not confirmed.

In summertime Ivor Thord-Grey lived in his summer-house in Furusund, Stockholm archipelago, nextdoor to Astrid Lindgren of "Pippi Longstockings" world fame.

General Ivor Thord-Gray passed away in Coral Gables, Florida, August 18th 1964.

Picture: COS Mexican 1st Army, September 1914.