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List of items for which possession is restricted
'''Items of which possession may be illegal, depending on the variety and the country'''
*[[gun]]s - see also [[Ban on assault rifles]], [[United States Constitution/Amendment Two]]
*[[drug]]s
*[[pornography]]
*possibly dangerous animals, such as a [[pit bull]]
*wild animals, especially in cities or without special training
*highly [[radioactivity|radioactive]] elements
*plants taller than 8" in yard (in [[Elsmere, Delaware]])Sir '''Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston''' ([[1864]] - [[March 18]], [[1940]]) was a [[Britain|British]] general who served in [[World War I]].  At the outbreak of the war in [[1914]] he commanded a [[brigade]] on the [[Western Front]].  When the [[Battle of Gallipoli]] commenced in March [[1915]] Hunter-Weston was promoted to the command of the [[British 29th Division]] which was to make the landing at Cape Helles near the entrance to the [[Dardanelles]].  As the campaign proceeded and more reinforcements were dispatched to Helles, Hunter-Weston's responsibilities grew until on [[May 24]] he was promoted to [[lieutenant general]] and given command of the [[British VIII Corps]].

He was invalided from Gallipoli in July, supposedly from nervous exhaustion, and returned to England.  In October 1916 he was elected to the [[House of Commons]] as the member for North [[Ayrshire]].

Hunter-Weston returned to command the VIII Corps when it was re-established in [[France]] in [[1916]].  At the launch of the [[Battle of the Somme (1916)|Somme Offensive]] on [[July 1]] [[1916]] it was Hunter-Weston's divisions which suffered the worst casualties and failed to capture any of their objectives.

Nicknamed 'Hunter-Bunter', Hunter-Weston was a classic example of the British "donkey" general &mdash; he was also referred to as "The Butcher of Helles" for his utter disregard for the welfare of his troops and his incompetent battle plans.  Hunter-Weston was an advocate of the broad frontal assault made in daylight.  When his plan of attack for the [[Second Battle of Krithia]] failed on the first day, he proceeded to repeat the plan on the second and third days.  He claimed he was "blooding the pups" when he made the inexperienced 156th Brigade of the [[British 52nd (Lowland) Division]] attack without artillery support during the [[Battle of Gully Ravine]].  Half the brigade became casualties of which over a third were killed.

[[Category:1864 births|Hunter-Weston, Aylmer]]
[[Category:1940 deaths|Hunter-Weston, Aylmer]]
[[Category:British World War I people|Hunter-Weston, Aylmer]]