It turns out that, as I found out at another social event (there appears to be no rest in the social calender here!!!), that Mr Bloggs is/ was in fact Col Bloggs, although not entirely clear whether that is really Lt Col or Col.... Nevertheless, he doesnt appear to dwell on his rank, and his happy to be known by his first name.
It also appears that Colonels are tea boys in the rank structure of this village....
MM
ps if Mrs MM were to discover me with Cols daughter I would require both extraction team AND comouflage and concealment training.