One old boy, a Chiefy in Ceylon, sadly passed away last year, related the tale of the post-war mutiny there.
As you will recall
, when the war was over in Europe it continued for some months in Asia. Then priority was given to repatriation of POWs and then long serving troops with later, in-war conscripts having to serve well into the peace. They all feared the good jobs in peacetime Britain would be gone by the time they got home.
Then, on top of all this unrest and unease, a new adjutant decided to return to the post-war peacetime traditions. Morning parades and inspecions before start work etc etc.
First day no one went on parade. After breakfast they all went to work in the hangars etc as normal. Next day the same. The adjutant jumped up and down threatened courts martial etc but still no parades.
It was decided that there was no mutiny (bad press) as they were all reporting for work. An Airship was flown in from AHQ to investigate. The adjutant was congratulated on his keeness in instilling discipline andthe troops were visited to see if they had any grievances. Apart from being there they did not. As it happened there was some essential work that needed doing and just one man with the skills and competency to do it. It was the adjutant; he had to leave immediately for this mostimportant assignment.
Now there is a moral here and there might be parallels with another active thread here too.
