Army Mover,
Thanks for the info (your #88). So Dad was a power in the land, after all. On retirement in around 1920, he joined the Corps of Commissionaires and remained as stiff as a ramrod till his dying day.
A poignant feature: when I enlisted in the RAF, he was as proud as a peacock.
"With your education, son, you'll be a Sergeant in no time !" Sadly he would not live to see the day (when I got the stripes with my wings).
Danny.
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Jack,
So you didn't make Flag Rank after all ! Never mind. Some of us were fated to be bottom-feeders all our Service lives. It's just the way the mop flopped.
Danny.