One month before that tournament, this was the situation in London:
The last major attack on London was on 10/11 May 1941, on which the Luftwaffe flew 571 sorties and dropped 800 tonnes of bombs. This caused more than 2,000 fires; 1,436 people were killed and 1,792 seriously injured, which affected morale badly.[165] Another raid was carried out on 11/12 May 1941.[160] Westminster Abbey and the Law Courts were damaged, while the Chamber of the House of Commons was destroyed. One-third of London's streets were impassable. All but one railway station line was blocked for several weeks. --per Wiki.
Imagine playing golf when, at any moment, you could get bombed--not by a stray shot, but by an actual bomb !!
The Brits used an idiom that perfectly fits this situation:
A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.[1][2] The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people in remaining resolute and unemotional when faced with adversity.[1] A sign of fear is trembling of the upper lip, hence the saying keep a "stiff" upper lip.[
Great find and a true 'token' of history.
Don....