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On 1 Mar, 21:46, Anne Jackson wrote:
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You are such a lady Anne, as you say, coarse, not the sort of thing my
hubsand would say, Officers know how to behave, he was brought up well
and did not serve in the ranks.

But it's a universally accepted truth that it's not the officers
that run the Army, but the Sergeants...

From the sergeants point of view you mean?


.for how long was your husband
'a Rodney' (as the sergeants refer to the officers), Judith? Bill
served for 36 years...

His name is Edward. Ranks always refer to Officers in that manner,
something to do with green eyes I belive?

Actually, they call them 'Ruperts'. Or perhaps that's a cavalry term of
'endearment'.
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