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.
Ah, the old TAGs. We had an LAC TAG in the Guardroom at Manby in the mid-60s, with Pilot’s wings and a full set of WW2 ribbons. Apparently he couldn’t adapt to civvy street. Met him a couple of times when I was OO, but never intruded into his past history.