Proverbially, the rule goes: Old soldiers never die, they fade away . That’s what we have always heard and sung. The note has its origin in a British Army parody of the Gospel song Kind thoughts can never die: Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die, They simply fade away. All rules have their exceptions and it’s also commonly said that exceptions prove the rule. Late Lt Gen PS Bhagat VC, PVSM is one of those exceptions that allows the rule to ret