hecky

Updated: May 7, 2025

Hecky, however, "dooked and dooked," and emerged from his bath happy but breathless after his submarine exploit.

James Alexander Kilpatrick - Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters

The amusing escapade of "wee Hecky MacAlister," is told by Private T. McDougall, of the Highland Light Infantry. Hecky went into a burn for a swim, and suddenly found the attentions of the Germans were directed to him. "You know what a fine mark he is with his red head," says the writer to his correspondent, and so they just hailed bullets at him.

James Alexander Kilpatrick - Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters

The secret of Norfolk's plan to marry the Scottish queen now reached Elizabeth, making her more hostile to Mary; an insurrection in the North broke out; the Earl of Northumberland was driven into Scotland, was betrayed by Hecky Armstrong, and imprisoned at Loch Leven.

Andrew Lang - A Short History of Scotland