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Marcbuck Marcbuck 1 May 2019
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My Lord?

In ‘The Frogs and the Lobsters’, Major Edrington insists on Lt HH calling him ‘my Lord’

A Royal Navy Leiutenant is equivalent to a British Army Lt Colonel. Even taking into account the Major’s qualification as lead officer by virtue of their task (a land battle), the fact is that HH outranks Edrington, so why does he get away with all the pomp?

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Vicarage Vicarage 20 March 2017
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New El Supremo

I have taken over as administrator of this wiki, please contact me if you have any questions. I'm currently re-reading the series and will be expanding the details for the later books soon

John

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Are171887 Are171887 17 August 2015
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My to-do list

Add short stories to book list in chronological order, add 'The Jamaican Affair of 1805'.


Handy links:

  • http://www.hmsrichmond.org/diet.htm, navy food
  • http://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2012/03/weevils-anyone-food-on-board-ship.html
  • https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2014/07/16/some-notes-on-navy-biscui/ biscuits
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Kneazlegirl Kneazlegirl 16 January 2012
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TO DO

  • 1 Create pages:
    • 1.1 Characters
  • 2 Add images:
  • 3 Find images:



  • Bowles
  • Bracegirdle
  • Bunting done.
  • Charette
  • Clayton done.
  • Clive
  • Eccles done.
  • Eccleston done. And he's page nr. 100 on this wiki!
  • Edrington
  • Finch done.
  • Foster
  • Hobbs
  • Hunter
  • Keene done.
  • Kennedy / Archie Kennedy done.
  • Mariette
  • (Ben) Matthews
  • Moncoutant (check spelling! And the spelling of that blasted unspellable village, too. Musi-what?)
  • Oldroyd
  • Jack Simpson done.
  • John Simpson done.
  • Tapling


  • Bracegirdle
  • Charette
  • Clayton added.
  • Clive
  • Edrington
  • Foster
  • Hobbs
  • Keene added.
  • Matthews
  • Mon- whatever, the crazy Frog
  • Tapling


  • Bowles
  • Eccleston found & uploaded.
  • Finch found & uploaded. Found one where he looked healthier.
  • Hunter
  • Mariette
  • Oldroyd
  • Simpson found & uploaded.
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