Finally it was decided that all those that attended would have a hat on, stand-up bollicking from their Stn Cdr,
The bollocking was administered to all, present or not, on the basis that they would have been guilty too. However at Cottesmore the Stn Cdr was 'confident' that none of his officers were guilty so we were allowed to sit in the ante-room hats off while he administered the bollocking.
I have no doubt that there were no guilty parties at any of the other messes either