Originally Posted by
NutLoose
There used to be a trade assistant general as the “trade” was called at Odiham and who was employed as the Guardroom runner, his father was a Colonel or similar at Tidworth and repeatedly pressurised him to join the army as an Officer etc.... He finally cracked, went down to the RAF CIO and asked what the lowest possible job he could join up as... hence his trade and rank.
There's nothing like a bit of good old-fashioned inverted snobbery.....
Jack