Do you keep your rank when you leave the Army?
bruce phipps
armed forces?
If so, is he legally allowed to use the title "Major"?
* On another point -- the "Major" appeared to show a great deal of
blind faith that a man who he met hours earlier knew all the answers!
For all he knew, Tecwen could've been a bullshitter....but Tecwen
deliverded his part of the deal, so pay up, Major!
* Chris Tarrant was sitting exactly opposite the Major and did not
notice anything wrong! At least, not until his employers Celador had a
word with him afterwards.
Brcue
Mark Hewitt
rank, not sure what that is though..
Jacqui
> Yes, you are allowed to refer to yourself by rank, when you reach
> a certain rank, not sure what that is though..
Well certainly Major *is* one you're allowed to use. I've got two of
'em as great-uncles.
Jac
hAiNeSy
news:b83ud7$cm1$1...@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> i think the army will make it quite clear that his rank and favours
> end right now.
>
> what a stupid punt. he says he's intelligent -Mensa member,
> dont you know (just like carol smillie...?)
LOL. You do come out with a load of crap sometimes.
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Jeff Lawrence
news:Xns9365BE1A4E...@130.133.1.4...
> "crofter" <croft...@yahboo.co.uk> wrote in
> news:b83ud7$cm1$1...@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk:
>
> > x-no-archive: yes
> >
> > i think the army will make it quite clear that his rank and favours
> > end right now.
> >
> > what a stupid punt. he says he's intelligent -Mensa member,
> > dont you know (just like carol smillie...?)
>
> LOL. You do come out with a load of crap sometimes.
Sometimes?
Cheers
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence
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> As a follow-up to article <Xns9365A608741...@163.1.2.7> by
> sirlawren...@hotmail.com, Dom replied with an ALL NEW posting.
"Press
> red" to find out more...
> > Mark Hewitt wibbled:
> >
> > > Yes, you are allowed to refer to yourself by rank, when you reach
> > > a certain rank, not sure what that is though..
> >
> > Well certainly Major *is* one you're allowed to use. I've got two of
> > 'em as great-uncles.
> >
> What rank/position is "sapper"? Doesn't sound a particularly complimentary
term
> when read in print.
They work in the Heavy Artillery Tree Section.
Alternatively:-
sap.per \'sap-*r\ n 1: a military engineer who does field fortification
work (as sapping) 2: an engineer who lays, detects, and disarms mines
Cheers
Jeff
Nick Cooper
In order [barring regimental variations]:
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Liutenant Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major General
Lieutenant General
General
Field Marshall
Captains and above can retain their rank in civilian life; prefixed
titles are not used in full in forms of address - a 2nd Lieut would be
addressed as "Lieutenant," etc.
--
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"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier." [Rudyard Kipling]
Squa Tront
Just out of curiosity - is there any reason why anyone can't call
themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
preventing it?
Squa
Neil Hopkins
wrote:
>Just out of curiosity - is there any reason why anyone can't call
>themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
>preventing it?
Like John Major?
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Mike Swift
<neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>Just out of curiosity - is there any reason why anyone can't call
>>themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
>>preventing it?
>
>Like John Major?
Does he outrank John Sergeant?
Mike
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Nick Cooper
> nick.coope...@DETONATORvirgin.net (Nick Cooper) wrote in message news:<3ea73413...@news.virgin.net>...
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:19:18 +0000 (UTC), Jacqui
> > <sirlawren...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Mark Hewitt wibbled:
> > >
> > >> Yes, you are allowed to refer to yourself by rank, when you reach
> > >> a certain rank, not sure what that is though..
> > >
> > >Well certainly Major *is* one you're allowed to use. I've got two of
> > >'em as great-uncles.
> >
> > In order [barring regimental variations]:
> > 2nd Lieutenant
> > Lieutenant
> > Captain
> > Major
> > Liutenant Colonel
> > Colonel
> > Brigadier
> > Major General
> > Lieutenant General
> > General
> > Field Marshall
> >
> > Captains and above can retain their rank in civilian life; prefixed
> > titles are not used in full in forms of address - a 2nd Lieut would be
> > addressed as "Lieutenant," etc.
>
> themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
> preventing it?
AFAIK, it's not actually illegal.
Farmer Alfalfa
"Mike Swift" <mike....@yeton.co.uk> wrote in message
news:YA2lYWAt...@ntlworld.com...
> In article <3ea693ad...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
> <neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
> >>Just out of curiosity - is there any reason why anyone can't call
> >>themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
> >>preventing it?
> >
> >Like John Major?
>
> Does he outrank John Sergeant?
Thatcher outflanked him!
F A
Thanatos
<mike....@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3ea693ad...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
><neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>>Just out of curiosity - is there any reason why anyone can't call
>>>themselves 'Major' or 'Colonel' such-n'-such? Is there any law
>>>preventing it?
>>
>>Like John Major?
>
>Does he outrank John Sergeant?
Yes, but they're both outranked by Greg Dyke.
rob_the_knob
Greg Dyke of the 'black smoke'?
Harry
"Nick Cooper" <nick.coope...@DETONATORvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:3ea73413...@news.virgin.net...
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:19:18 ? (UTC), Jacqui
> <sirlawren...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Mark Hewitt wibbled:
> >
> >> Yes, you are allowed to refer to yourself by rank, when you reach
> >> a certain rank, not sure what that is though..
> >
> >Well certainly Major *is* one you're allowed to use. I've got two of
> >'em as great-uncles.
>
> In order [barring regimental variations]:
Isn't this order upside down???
> 2nd Lieutenant
> Lieutenant
> Captain
> Major
> Lieutenant Colonel
> Colonel
> Brigadier
> Major General
> Lieutenant General
> General
> Field Marshall
>
> Captains and above can retain their rank in civilian life; prefixed
> titles are not used in full in forms of address - a 2nd Lieut. would be
> addressed as "Lieutenant," etc.
and Lt General as "General"...
but not Field Marshall as "Marshall" methinks !!!!
If a 2nd Lieutenant retired into civilian life (other than being wounded and
then discharged), he would only have done a little bit of service and would
still be wet behind the ears - it is sort of an apprentice officer rank
where they learn how to handle a knife and fork and how NOT to tell an
experienced soldier or NCO what to do !!! Some learn very slowly and I can't
believe that Major Fraud passed his officer's course. He is so wet and
appears to be a real plonker...
But if he had got away with it??????? Not such a dunderhead eh?????
> --
> Nick Cooper
>
> [Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!]
Don't "Captains" retire with the honorary rank of Major??
---
Harry Cooke, Captain (Retired) or maybe it should be Major??? Would stop
people taking the piss and asking me how I found New Zealand
etc.......................
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>
>
> Don't "Captains" retire with the honorary rank of Major??
> ---
> Harry Cooke, Captain (Retired) or maybe it should be Major??? Would stop
> people taking the piss and asking me how I found New Zealand
> etc.......................
So how was it?
Ben Padstow
wrote:
>* On another point -- the "Major" appeared to show a great deal of
>blind faith that a man who he met hours earlier knew all the answers!
>For all he knew, Tecwen could've been a bullshitter....but Tecwen
>deliverded his part of the deal, so pay up, Major!
His wife already knew Tecwen Whittock, and had many phone
conversations with him.
>* Chris Tarrant was sitting exactly opposite the Major and did not
>notice anything wrong! At least, not until his employers Celador had a
>word with him afterwards.
Chris Tarrant was concentrated on the Major and the cameras.
Ben
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It just don’t make sense to me
mick
Ben Padstow wrote:
> On 22 Apr 2003 07:01:51 -0700, bruce_...@my-deja.com (bruce phipps)
> wrote:
>
>> * Chris Tarrant was sitting exactly opposite the Major and did not
>> notice anything wrong! At least, not until his employers Celador had a
>> word with him afterwards.
>
> Chris Tarrant was concentrated on the Major and the cameras.
He did remark on several occasions that he didn`t know how the Major could
pick an answer that he had said he had not heard of or had initially
dismissed. He just didn`t attach any suspicians to it.
mick
Lee J. Moore
> On 22 Apr 2003 07:01:51 -0700, bruce_...@my-deja.com (bruce phipps)
> wrote:
>
>>* On another point -- the "Major" appeared to show a great
>>deal of blind faith that a man who he met hours earlier knew
>>all the answers! For all he knew, Tecwen could've been a
>>bullshitter....but Tecwen deliverded his part of the deal, so
>>pay up, Major!
>
> His wife already knew Tecwen Whittock, and had many phone
> conversations with him.
And poor Major Ingram was "horrified" when he discovered she
knew him. Who did *not* giggle when that came out at the trial?
>>* Chris Tarrant was sitting exactly opposite the Major and did
>>not notice anything wrong! At least, not until his employers
>>Celador had a word with him afterwards.
>
> Chris Tarrant was concentrated on the Major and the cameras.
I'm always shocked at the "why didn't Tarrant hear the coughs"
argument. Of course, Tarrant had an entirely different focus
on, and perception of, events than the audience or the
contestant opposite him. Why do people assume that one mans
perception is very much like that of another? Does nobody read
Conan Doyle anymore? ;)
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Jerry Brown
<cuxathomeRE...@tescoNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>Don't "Captains" retire with the honorary rank of Major??
Captain Peacock can't have done.
Jerry Brown
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(but probably won't bother)
Daniel Blythe
I thought there were some circumstances in which someone leaving the Army
got an honorary promotion, so e.g. a retired Colonel could call himself
Brigadier. I could be wrong though.
--
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brandishing the abused book, "everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing."
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e
> I'm always shocked at the "why didn't Tarrant hear the coughs"
> argument. Of course, Tarrant had an entirely different focus
> on, and perception of, events than the audience or the
> contestant opposite him. Why do people assume that one mans
> perception is very much like that of another? Does nobody read
> Conan Doyle anymore? ;)
who says?
you are dressed in a top hat and your left hand has a lime juice stain.
Lee J. Moore
[..]
> who says? you are dressed in a top hat and your left hand has
> a lime juice stain.
Oh that's really not lime juice. ;P
e
> One may as well begin with e's letter to uk.media.tv.misc:
> [..]
>
>>who says? you are dressed in a top hat and your left hand has
>>a lime juice stain.
>
>
> Oh that's really not lime juice. ;P
>
alimentary Holmes?