I agree. They discuss them on their obituaries podcasts where the military subjects are called "moustaches".

They occasionally bundle them up into books which are always worth a read (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obitua...). I also have the military obituaries rss feed post into my Pocket account as well.

And it's not all landed gentry :-) :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12130614/Lt-Cdr-M...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12138486/Laurie-P...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12076247/Bruno-Lo...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11701557/Lady-Roz...

See also Patrick Leigh Fermor and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnap_of_General_Kreipe

To read about similar people, I would suggest getting a copy of this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obitua...