Sport with weapons...
My granddad was apparently a no-nonsense type of a man, died before I was born so I never got to know him. This particular story has been passed down the generations however, and will probably be told to my son as well...

Granddad was in the Army, the Black Watch to be precise, and saw a reasonable amount of action in WWII. After the war however, he developed an enjoyment of playing hockey for the regiment.

On one particular occasion, the Sgt. Major playing for the opposing team had been subjecting him to a bit of winding up, which was then augmented with some rougher than usual play on the hockey pitch. Not standing for this kind of thing from anyone, let alone a trumped up, cut-glass Sassenach, and furthermore carrying a large, wooden stick in his hands, granddad seized the next opportunity to introduce said stick to the Sgt. Major's shins at some considerable velocity, nearly breaking both legs.

Thus it was that a few days later my dear granddad was court martialled on charges of attempted murder on the hockey pitch. The court martial did not last long, though, it must be said as the general officiating it threw it out on the grounds that Sgt. Major had "bloody well deserved it!"
( Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Sat 21 Apr 2012, 21:20, 3 replies)

"Martial" man, "Martial"
Tsk.
( Ghoti Fingers, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 8:19, closed)

Oooops... should have known that one - ammended accordingly.

( Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Sun 22 Apr 2012, 10:48, closed)

Most Sergeant Majors deserve similar treatment....
(Maclir, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 15:53, closed)

TA unit I was in...
... was made up of five companies, three of them Black Watch. A few of our lads on the battalion recruits course in deepest Scotland thought it would be great fun to wind them up by making bleating noises in line with their 'sheepshaggers' nickname.

Quietly taken aside by our PSI (who was from the Gordon Highlanders) and told of the time he'd seen someone do likewise within earshot of a rather large sheepsha... sorry, Black Watch soldier, who had unceremoniously picked him up and chucked him through a plate glass window.

The stitches he ended up with weren't from laughing.

No more sheep noises.

Anyway... *click*
(Capo, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 23:09, closed)