Late on parade ... sorry, been on holiday.
1. The 2 "Letters from Betty" on the wall behind me have "Acting Pilot Officer" as our commissioned rank. Having been involved in later years with re-selecting APOs who did not make the grade in professional training, the first consideration was that they had already been commissioned .. and thus had to be found a suitable place for their 'officer-ness' in a different Branch. Eviction was a last resort.
2. During our stormy trip on the good ship SS Uganda to FI, one of the pax was the RN lt who was going to be "OC Troops" on the SS Rangatira, moored for accommodation purposes in the Inner Harbour at Port Stanley. He was christened 'Senior Naval Officer, The Rangatira", or SNOTRAG. He was not very amused.