Donkey Walloper: A Coppers Tale Part II

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Mind the grease, was simply my 19th century way of asking you to let me pass, whilst my threat to prod you with my rain-napper, meant that if you didn’t move out of the way I would prod you with my umbrella, since it caught the rain. CALL THE POLICE! The Commanding Officer (CO) of the unit has right of veto over the mess, and any changes or events must have his approval. The CO is allowed into any Mess (because they are legally all his), but it is often considered an abuse of power, or unbecoming conduct for a CO to drink in a lower ranks’ mess, except when invited there on special occasions. So, what was a going to do with the donkey’s breakfast. Put simply, I was going to put on my straw hat. cholera belt – A body wrapping of flannel worn to supposedly prevent cholera. Used in India until about 1920.

Adjutant A military rank, usually a Captain, appointed as the Staff Officer for the Commanding Officer. limber – horse-drawn, two-wheeled wagon used to transport artillery pieces; the action of transporting artillery pieces in a limber; the driver of a limber Well, actually no it wasn’t. It simply referred to which of a group of men would – wait for it – pour the tea from the pot. Yes, the connotation may have had sexist overtones, but it simply refers to pouring a pot of tea – honest! HATS AND BEARDS I record him while he’s doing the most mundane things sometimes, but they’re usually the times when he comes up with his weird and wonderful turns of phrase. Donkey walloper has pretty much become the podcast’s catchphrase now.” cabinet particulier – a private room, usually associated with a restaurant and having a sofa or hidden bed, set aside for trysts by lovers and those having extra-marital affairsUnder the Future Soldier Programme, C and Y Squadrons will amalgamate into a single C Squadron. [8] Anyway, you have there enough to get you started on your wander into the Victorian underworld of the East End of London. Summer Camp This is the annual opportunity for the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment to leave London for about a month in the country. The aim is to train without the distraction of Public (ceremonial) Duties.

Imperial Yeomanry – British volunteer cavalry force recruited from locals for the Boer war. Little or no training, but they had much enthusiasm. Jo said: “It was so easy. I’ve always got my phone in my hand. So, for 4 months before I started the podcast, I started recording him to see whether it was something we could actually do.” Why would I choose a Whitechapel penny gaffe in which to spend a work-dodging day. Well, they were the theatres that charged a penny admission and I could be entertained there to my heart’s content without fear of being discovered. IS IT RAINING STILL? The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is a reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons. Formerly part of 43 (Wessex) Brigade, the regiment joined 3rd (UK) Division in July 2014, to provide armoured (main battle tank) resilience to the three armoured regiments within the Reaction Force. In 2015 the regiment was moved from the operational command of 3rd (UK) Division to 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, and later to 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom), but members of the regiment still wear the 3rd (UK) Division formation badge to reflect their role in supporting the three armoured regiments in the division (QRH, KRH, and RTR).clemming – consumptive, emaciated; necessitous, in want, pinched; in shoemaking, the binding together of soles Gardner Gun (machine gun) – A one- to five-barreled machine gun used by the British Army from 1880. Operated by turning a crank which loaded and fired each barrel in sequence. cropper (come a cropper) – a hard fall (esp. from a horse); usually used in “come a cropper,” meaning to come to ruin or to fail miserably catarrh – An inflammation of the nose and air passages that produces drainage (from Greek katarrhein to flow down).