eko4me (#471 reprising Geriaviator in Aden),
Rings so many bells that it is difficult to know where to start !
..."He was a posting clerk, and there was a copy of the National Service Act in the office that he had digested deeply2...
Clearly a "Barrack Room Lawyer", then !
..."The whole regiment, one thousand or so, was assembled on the square and marched into church"...
Could this be the famed occasion when the RSM, observing one soldier who had forgotten to remove his headgear when entering the portal, roared out the immortal words: "TAKE YER 'AT ORF IN THE 'OUSE OF GAWD, ***T" ?
..."Finally, the Brigadier and his entourage would arrive from Downton Abbey"...
Was there a military establishment of some sort there ? (later to be the subject of an ITV classic drama series).
..."“What possessed you to do this?” the Adjutant demanded"...
"But why did you have to write this bloody Letter", demanded "Batchy" Atcherley of the trembling Danny "on the carpet" before him (story somewhere on "Pilots Brevet").
Danny.