King William...

[hobbitomm]

Usual rules:
Identify, and spot the link!




1) Blonde or well balanced facsimile transmission
2) Fastest WW2 British Tank
3) Royal Burgh of Angus, home of Bamse
4) Slangish British Army Officer
5) Annoyed and very weighty
6) ‘Grey Fortress’ shared with Israel King and Lt Dreben
7) Patriarch, who’s never going to give you up.
8) Ruler of the Ancient marsh Kingdom of Lincolnshire?
9) The Kingdom of the East Saxons
10) Camp of the Breast like hill!

Comments

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Rupert and Rodney were interchangeable during the Napoleonic era, were they not? Although with Rodney being an admiral rather than a general that might disqualify him.

[idaho-smith.livejournal.com]

You're being too clever! Rupert (the chinless wonder) is Young-Officer who's fresh out form one of 'the' 49 Public schools. Rodney is his complete opposite; a Serjeant or Warrant-Officer who took a "Late-Entry" commission, usually skips the sub-altern grades and gets appointed Captain.

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Aha! I had not realised the difference. I shall file that away for future reference. Thank you!

[idaho-smith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm afraid pterry mixed the two terms in "Monstrous Regt.", bless his neurones, may they keep synapsing for many more years to come.

http://www.armyrumour.co.uk/wiki/Rodney
Follow the link to "rupert"

I suppose the archetypical Rodney is Lt/Capt/Maj/Lt-Col Sharpe, and I enjoyed Pratchett's reference to his Chosen-men in "MR" (95th Bowmen)

By the powers of internet-archive.org I bring you:-

"Lord of the Rings", by Bernard Cornwell

"God save Rohan, we ye look at all those orcies," said Sergeant Eomer, looking down the slope near Helm's Deep. "Thousands upon thousands of them, and not a single guard."

Aragorn looked at the multitude. He was a professional soldier, born and bred in a hedgerow, good only for war and fighting. Unlike the other officers, he didn't come from the Nobility, and was looked down by most. 'Nosey' Gandalf had given him his commission, and his sword, for saving his life in battle. "You're right, Sergeant Eomer. Let's see what we can do with these Numenorian bows"....

(The one base on flashman is a hoot, too!)

Another link to how it is today
http://www.armyrumour.co.uk/wiki/LE

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Yes, a sequence from the late, great Alison Brooks. Also worth reading are her critique of Operation Sealion (and why it will never work, no matter what some authors think), and her writeup of the Falklands War as an improbable what-if.