The General Sir Redvers Buller - Jd Wetherspoon
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Imagine walking into a pub and seeing The Sir Redvers Buller above the door. Your brain does a little double-take. “Who is that?” It’s a conversation starter—better than any list of bitters on tap.
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I once sat under his portrait in a branch in Exeter. A man at the next table leaned over and said, “You know, he was so unpopular with the government, they erased him from history.” We ended up laughing about how the pub’s £3.99 steak named after him was more famous than the man himself. That’s the magic—history becomes your drinking buddy.
The Glorious Irony of It All
Here’s the best part: Buller might have been a cautious, steady commander—not exactly a thrill-seeker. But his pubs are everywhere. From London to Land’s End, his name is shouted across sticky floors and quiz nights.
That’s a lovely middle-finger to fate. The man who was once blamed for a military mess now gets immortalised by your half-price curry and a pint of Doom Bar. It’s poetic, really. It says: Even if you lose a battle, you might still win a bar.
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