I was referee for a squadron mate in the late 60s. The interviewer told me that it had been suggested that if "X" was offered "a bit on the side" he wouldn't refuse it. I spluttered indignantly that this was out of the question. After the interview I went straight to "X" and said, "Someone's shopped you mate". He replied, "Oh, no worries. I told them that".
I was always amused by the different approaches to asking if you were gay: the retired Lt Col types would spend about five minutes in euphemistic obfuscation and embarrassed apologies before asking the question; the retired coppers, on the other hand, would bluntly come straight out with "Are you a shirtlifter?".