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I thought of just sending this to GBR but we do have ex pats and the term
'Rupert' might have been used 'down under'.
On one of the many TV "History" progs (WW II) recently, they showed one of
the rubber dummy parachutitists dropped on 'D' day and asked an 'expert',a
man called Dick Strawbridge, why soldiers called them 'Ruperts'.
Strawbridge was confused and couldn't give a straight answer. According to
old soldier friends of mine,"Rupert" was the name given to posh, 'chinless
wonder' type officers by other ranks.
No wonder Strawbridge didn't want to answer, he's actually a colonel:-)
We didn't have any special term for officers in the Royal Navy, they were
all 'Ruperts'. I wonder if other ranks in other countries had names for
officers, especially the type who got their jobs through nepotism.
73. Ian.
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