He's been in a few scrums from the look of his nose and brow.
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He's been in a few scrums from the look of his nose and brow.
One of the finest men I ever met was CWO Donald Reekie. RSM of the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch of Canada, RCR and the Airborne regiment.
Paul,
Boxing put a bend in his nose and he was good at it!!
Talking about Officer the class, listen at 36:01 and what happened to this Lance Corporal when he objected to officers having servants on the Front Line very interesting:
The end of the First World War (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube
'...and he was good at it!'
I'm guessing he was a light heavyweight as was my dad. My dad's record was 21 - 1. He lost the 1 on a TKO for a broken nose. He told his coach he'd quit when he lost and he did.
If I was really honest, I always thought that the best Warrant Officers that I knew and the ones that I always thought that I'd like to be like were the NZers. I never made it to that rank. As for Officers, then Australians as none of them had any airs and graces. REME ones were generally just reasonable get-on-with-it-blokes. But back to that Guards video........ It makes me wonder what the platoon Sergeants and Company senior NCO's were doing when those pompous Ruperts were getting above themselves in front of the men and the TV cameras. The senior NCO's should have been taking them aside and telling them in no uncertain terms that they are acting like buffoons. As for some of those sloppy salutes that were nothing more than a casual wave........ They should have been pulled up for that PDQ.
I know a platoon Cpl who saluted one of the platoon commanders (a Lt) as he marched the platoon off the square one morning after the short muster parade. Not getting a salute in reply....... In fact nobody ever got a salute in return, Dave Findlay waited until there was a slightly more senior officer, the Company 2i/c, a Captain on parade too. Then he stopped the squad, marched up to Lt Cxxxx and told him that he'd saluted and expected a salute in return. And not just today, but EVERY day. After a bit of a guff/feeble excuse about not seeing etc etc and an apology, Cxxxx was called over to the Coy 2i/c and presumably given a 'talking to.....' Also known as 'Coffee - without sugar'!
I saw that too, we used to have a bit of a problem with that in the '70s after unification but the Snr NCOs took hold of it soon after. The English and Aus offrs I knew had flawless salutes though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
The Guardsman film is one of those that they ought to revisit and get together all of those who recorded it. Just to see what they are like now. I wonder of they are still as bumptious.....
Some never do get over it. They find themselves retiring to the Cadet Instructor List so they can stay in uniform, afraid to quit because it's the only place anyone will notice them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler