heliograph – a device which sends messages (usually in morse code) by means of flashes of reflected sunlight

munge – to chew or chop into a mixture; to get into or cause a bad situation, to make a mess of things Perhaps they’d been poisoned by their bags o’ mystery – or sausages, as we know them today. The phrase was a reference to the fact that nobody could be sure of exactly what was inside the sausages, which, if you think about it is still the case today! Like all of the regiments within the British Army the regiment allows recruits from all over the country. However, this regiment traditionally recruits from counties such as Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Wiltshire, along with neighbouring counties such as Cornwall, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset. [6] Organisation [ edit ] 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!cholera belt – A body wrapping of flannel worn to supposedly prevent cholera. Used in India until about 1920. 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.”

Fishing Fleet – Unmarried British women sent to India each year by their parents during the cool weather to find husbands. Corporal of Horse The equivalent rank is Sergeant in the rest of the Army. The title Corporal of Horse is unique to the Household Cavalry. 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 BEARDSP. and O. – Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company. The main line for British travelers to India and the East He watches TV like no other person I’ve ever met. He will watch Coronation Street and notice how clean the garage is or something like that.”

Adjutant A military rank, usually a Captain, appointed as the Staff Officer for the Commanding Officer. London District (LONDIST) is the name given by the British Army to the Greater London area of operations. Established in 1870 as Home District, it was re-formed in 1905 as London District to be an independent district within the larger command structure of the army, and has remained so ever since. 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.” General Services Enlistment Act – One of the causes of the Indian Mutiny. It required Indian troops in British service to to go overseas, if required. Hindus would break caste if they did so.

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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).