On to the parade ground marched the Colonel. He looked at the paraded men. rubbed his monocle and had another look. “Hang it all,’ he barked to the captain, “what’s the idea of parading all the big men in front of the smaller men?” “Sorry, sir,” explained the captain. “It seems that the sergeant was a greengrocer up to a few months ago.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 February 1940, Page 5
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