Strange But True

Anything that you think is strange, out of the ordinary or just made you stop for a sec? Post it here.

 

Name/Rank

Going through the CWGC I've come across a number of names that made me wonder whether they raised a laugh during the persons service:

1) There are a number of Sergeant Sergeants listed
2) Captain Majors (3), Major Major (1), along with a lot of the other ranked Majors
3) Rifleman Gun (2)
4) Number of Flights (none in the Air Forces though)
5) Sergeant Air and Flying Officer Airs

Any others?

 

I used to work beside a WAAF called Sargent Major!

 

This RAAF Sergeant.

DEATH, ERNEST NORMAN
Sergeant
424741
27 O T U
10/09/1943
19
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Sec. A. Grave 415.
CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY

 

Oh yes, i actually giggled in the middle of a war cemetery when I had to photo Sergeant Death

 

Not strange as such but unusal:

Name: ACLAND, ION HUGE
Initials: I H
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Obs.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 18/03/1941
Service No: J/2827
Additional information: Son of John Bevill Acland and Marjorie Acland, of Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot H. Grave 10.
Cemetery: ANDOVER CEMETERY