Thanks mate,
He doesn’t want to get lit up by that Churchill !
J
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Nother beauty fig. JR !!
thank you Sir!
J
You are a wizard in German camouflage …
Marino
Thanks man. Very kind words,
J
Boy, you got them Jerrys bein real sneaky, Jerry. No pun intended, of course, HA! Excellent pics, too, I might add.
Yep, rough day for the Commonwealth.
J
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The Scots have reached the Odon River, captured the bridge at Tourmouville and now send patrols down the riverbed to capture the bridge southwest at Gavrus. After a cautious slog several kilometers they find the bridge undefended and so the Commonwealth now has two bridges over the river with which to launch the 11th Armoured Div onto Hill 112.
The patrols’ good luck is radioed back to the 2/Argylls’ HQ.
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Firstly - Some great updates Jerry … always a pleasure to see them.
Now then lads !! 
as a point to note, Sergeant is the correct spelling for that rank within the British Army with a few exceptions concerning certain Regt’s and their histories. Serjeant is used by the Rifles who amalgamated with the Royal Green Jackets and Light Infantry and this is the old English spelling for it going back to the Napoleonic periods.
Some Armoured and some Infantry Regts do call/refer to their Staff Sgts/Colour Sgts as Sgt Maj - this is purely a Regimental tradition in any units that do this.
My old unit - The Household Cavalry has done away with the use of Sgt completely as Sergeant is an old form of servant, and Queen Victoria refused to call any member of the HCR (Life Guards and The Blues and Royals) Sergeant as we were not her servants, we were her personal bodyguards from days of old… so instead of Sgt, that has been replaced with Corporal of Horse -CoH (Rank originally made by the Life Guards in about the 1630s ish) so Squadron Sgt Maj becomes a Squadron Corporal Major etc etc…
@JRutman sorry to go massively off topic Jerry … 
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Beautiful JR !!!
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I love reading little tidbits of info like this. I wonder, when I was in the Navy aboard ship, how far I would get away with calling the Marine Detachment Gunny - Gunny Servant
Cheers
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But of course you refer to the ultra rarified air being breathed by the Guards units. As you wrote we would have to delve into every unit to see what the NCOs are referred as.
J
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lol … thats a very special sort of air … very strict limitations on its use and issue haha
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Just to add to the confusion and pour petrol onto the flames of the sheer number of indiosyncracies of the British Army, my ultimate rank was as a Warrant Officer Class 1; my appointment was that of Staff Sergeant Major. That would normally mean that say, an officer, requiring my attention would hail me as “Mr” Stoddart - a courtesy afforded to WO1s - or he could, equally accurately, call me “Staff Sergeant Major”.
One’s job title, viz “Superintending Clerk” was often abbreviated as “Super”, leading to the Pythonesque greetings of “'Morning Super”, followed by the response, “Hello Wonderful”, but that’s another story.
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Beautiful scene of the patrol going down the river- you have captured the damp uniforms with precision.
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Well thank you Karl !
J
'Love it Jerry - my feet feel wet just looking at it.
Thank you Sir! We both can commiserate together on that particular feeling.
J
About as far as Gunny Serv……before he would gnawing on your hind quarters. Might even if you said Solider of the Sea before dropping you and walking off. GySgt don’t apologize or say sorry, YMMV. 
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I’m just waiting for you to flip the switch and watch all these guys start moving, woof! Gotta love the water works!