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Wingate was known for various eccentricities.

For instance, he often wore an alarm clock around his wrist, which would go off at times, and a raw onion on a string around his neck, which he would occasionally bite into as a snack.

He often went about without clothing.

In Palestine, recruits were used to having him come out of the shower to give them orders, wearing nothing but a shower cap, and continuing to scrub himself with a shower brush.

Lord Moran, Winston Churchill's personal physician, wrote in his diaries that " seemed to me hardly sane — in medical jargon a borderline case.

" Likewise, referring to Churchill's meeting with Wingate in Quebec, Max Hastings wrote that, " Wingate proved a short-lived protegé: closer acquaintance caused Churchill to realise that he was too mad for high command.