http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080615/tuk-battalio...injured-6323e80.html

So - senior Ruperts can get wounded also.

Rupert? Wasn't that the name given to the little paratrooper decoys used in WWII?

Yes.

It's also the slang name that squaddies have for officers - because most of them came form upper class backgrounds and had firstnames to prove it !!!

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Yes.

It's also the slang name that squaddies have for officers - because most of them came form upper class backgrounds and had firstnames to prove it !!!

Scots, i was stationed in France, 59/62, and with a U.S. Army buddy who was a Sullivan, born in Glasgow, the Gorbals, visited his family there twice. They were a proud bunch, however poor. I was treated very well and have fond memories of everything and everyone i saw there, as they liked "yank soldiers", unlike some of the experiences i had in England. Saw my first Ranger/Celtic game as well and wore "Green", as the Sullivans were Roman Catholic. Walking to the game, a youngster threw a rock at me and said in that brogue, "just loo at yer-self, green, wha a color"! John Brown's ship yards had messages of F--k the Queen on steel girders there i remember. Even got to visit Dunoon after a Clyde River trip. Scotish pubs in London (Romford), were called barbarians by the Brits. My friend's family migrated to the States and ended up in San Diego and i sadly lost touch. Wish i could go back before the big ole dirt nap.

Sorry to hear he got tapped, but I'm glad that it's not life-threatening.

Mind you, fair play to the geezer opting for the "sharp-end shuffle" with his troops, instead of guzzling Rosy and stuffing choccy bics down his Gregory back in the echelon.

Get well soon, sir!

MsG

Stickhauler,

You certainly got to see parts of Scotland not listed in the "Brigadoon" tourist brochures !!!

You don't have to travel to Iraq or Afghanistan to see ethnic tribal divides - just visit Glasgow !!!

My son has a flat(apartment)in Govan, near the shipyards. The area has a reputation from way back - but we've had no dramas thereabouts. Most of the old tenaments have been demolished and replaced with modern housing.

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Mind you, fair play to the geezer opting for the "sharp-end shuffle" with his troops, instead of guzzling Rosy and stuffing choccy bics down his Gregory back in the echelon.

Translation for those who don't have the Cockney vernacular.

Rosy is ROSY LEE = tea

Gregory is GREGORY PECK = neck

Choccy bics needs no clarification ?

Cheers for that, Scottsy! Much obliged indeed, mucker.

Y'know what it's like when you're in the flow of writing and you forget it's colonials you're addressing.

MsG

Darn, I haven't hear...er seen that kind of language for a while now... ScotsVisitor you're making me want to get passport. If I get the cash and vacation time I'm heading back to Scotland for a few weeks. I loved it there, and most of the folks I ran into were rather nice.

Atleast the man had the cajones to be out with his troops, in the finest tradition of many of the old school Scots and English officers, something not seen nearly as much these days.

My list, back to Glasgow, Isle of Skye, and Isle of Lewis. See the rest of the family.

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Atleast the man had the cajones to be out with his troops, in the finest tradition of many of the old school Scots and English officers, something not seen nearly as much these days.

I suspect questions will be being asked - why was the senior soldier out and about doing a platoon commander's job ?

Mind you, he might just have been visiting the Jocks at the sharp end - wrong place and the wrong time.

The Bn. 2i/c has suddenly been thrust into the limelight at short notice.

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Atleast the man had the cajones to be out with his troops, in the finest tradition of many of the old school Scots and English officers, something not seen nearly as much these days.

I suspect questions will be being asked - why was the senior soldier out and about doing a platoon commander's job ?

Mind you, he might just have been visiting the Jocks at the sharp end - wrong place and the wrong time.

The Bn. 2i/c has suddenly been thrust into the limelight at short notice.

But he does have a point. As a Medic, I was attached to all manner of units on schemes/operations and whether it was The Gordons (remember them?), BW, A&SH, KOSBs or whoever, all the Jock Ruperts were down in the mix with the lads, bivvying and scoffing out in the ulu, like squaddies should.

On the other hand, Ruperts in Brit units, like the LI, DLI, KOYLIs, Duke o' Boots etc, all had proper tents and even fückin' marquees to mess in! Some of them even loaded pukka scratchers on the 4-tonners (which were actually called 3-tonners then). Talk about Butlin's!

MsG