I record him while he’s doing the most mundane things sometimes, but they’re usually the times when he comes up with his weird and wonderful turns of phrase. Donkey walloper has pretty much become the podcast’s catchphrase now.” General Services Enlistment Act – One of the causes of the Indian Mutiny. It required Indian troops in British service to to go overseas, if required. Hindus would break caste if they did so. A lot of people might have worried about the morality of secretly recording him, but I knew deep down that he would love it. Doing this confirmed to me just how funny he is. How could I not share that with the world?!”

Fishing Fleet – Unmarried British women sent to India each year by their parents during the cool weather to find husbands. Long Guard When The Sovereign is in London their Life Guard consists of 1 Officer, 1 Corporal-Major (who carries the Standard), 2 Non-Commissioned Officers, 1 Trumpeter and 10 Troopers. This is known as a Long Guard. I won’t translate the opening section as, hopefully, you spotted that I didn’t start slanging until I stated that I’ve got the morbs; which basically means I’m feeling a little bit down or depressed. He listens to the radio a lot and loves doing an impression of Jeremy Vine which is an ongoing joke in the podcast because he does it so often.” Well, actually no it wasn’t. It simply referred to which of a group of men would – wait for it – pour the tea from the pot. Yes, the connotation may have had sexist overtones, but it simply refers to pouring a pot of tea – honest! HATS AND BEARDS

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The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO ADC is the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. [5] Uniform [ edit ] Mess dress of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry Why would I choose a Whitechapel penny gaffe in which to spend a work-dodging day. Well, they were the theatres that charged a penny admission and I could be entertained there to my heart’s content without fear of being discovered. IS IT RAINING STILL? Since 2013, the regiment has been the United Kingdom's only Armoured Reinforcement Regiment, providing armoured (Main Battle Tank) resilience to the three remaining regular Army Armoured Regiments: the Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH), the King's Royal Hussars (KRH) and the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR). All five squadrons train Challenger 2 crewmen. The RWxY has conducted Challenger 2 (CR2) driver training in Bovington, Sennelager Germany, Salisbury Plain Training Area and live firing at Lulworth and Castlemartin Ranges. [4] Officers, Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers are required by Ministry of Defence (MOD) Regulations to be a member of a Mess, and unmarried members usually live there.

ague – Any fever, such as malaria, that recurs at regular intervals (from Medieval Latin febris acuta, literally, sharp fever) Mind the grease, was simply my 19th century way of asking you to let me pass, whilst my threat to prod you with my rain-napper, meant that if you didn’t move out of the way I would prod you with my umbrella, since it caught the rain. CALL THE POLICE!palanquin – in India, a sedan chair used by British colonials, especially women, of rank. It was either carried by men or set atop an elephant. I knew a para Tom who had no first degree, after leaving the army worked for an MBA through the CMS, DMS and MBA route went on to do a post-grad diploma (CPE) in law, did the LPC and articles and is now a solicitor in Lahndun. A young donkey walloper officer was on the same CPE course and went on to be a barrister at a very nice chambers in Lahndun. brevet – A temporary higher rank, for example, a captain being a brevet colonel. It was not unusual for British colonial officers on loan to another regiment to be temporarily classed as a higher rank in that regiment but to paid for the lesser rank of their actual regiment. (Old French, diminutive of brief letter)

NCO A Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not been given a commission. Non-Commissioned Officers usually obtain their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. miasma – A heavy vapor emanation or atmosphere believed to cause malaria or other diseases common in swampy areas (Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute [1665]) Ichabod – an exclamation equivalent to “By God!,”“How terrible!,” or “What a shame!” Usage is derived from the biblical name in 1 Samuel, meaning no glory or the glory is gone. And, as any seasoned traveller will tell you, being able to converse with the locals is one of the main joys, and advantages, of travel.Pooterism – a middle-class obsession with respectability and class distinctions; social pretentiousness, pettiness. The term is derived from Charles Pooter who is the main character in The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith. Perhaps they’d been poisoned by their bags o’ mystery – or sausages, as we know them today. The phrase was a reference to the fact that nobody could be sure of exactly what was inside the sausages, which, if you think about it is still the case today! Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing national defence policy, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

The long jokes that he tells and then spends just as long laughing at them are always a highlight as well. We also had to put out an emergency special episode when Aston Villa were promoted in the playoff final because his reaction was too funny not to share.” History of the RWxY TRF". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012 . Retrieved 9 February 2012. shrapnel – Anti-personnel shell that exploded in the air and scattered small lead balls. Also, later on, any piece of metal from any type shell. (After the inventor, Henry Shrapnel [1806])

RCM Regimental Corporal Major (known as the Regimental Sergeant Major in other Regiments) as the Household Cavalry do not have sergeants because Queen Victoria thought Sergeant sounded too like servant. An appointment held by a Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) in the British Army as the senior Warrant Officer; in a unit with more than one WO1, the RCM is considered to be “first amongst equals”.