Originally Posted by
J.A.F.O.
I met a chap back in the 80s who had served during the war and never risen above LAC. His first three names were Arthur Victor Michael and, apparently, that had, on a couple of occasions, seen him being offered slightly better accommodation than he was due as LAC.
Reminds me of a conversation I had with two 'Lieutenants' in the Royal Brunei Navy during an open day. The Brunei military use a standard rank nomenclature across the three services, although the Navy uniform mirrors that of the UK RN. Consequently these' lieutenants' were actually 'captains'. They had recently returned from a visit to the US, where they had been hosted at a USN base. They said there had been some bemusement on their arrival, with lots of scrambled egg and gold, to welcome these two 25 year old 'two ringers'!