0 a British army officer of the highest rank:
Field Marshal Davies/George Davies
[ as form of address ] Yes, Field Marshal.
That formidable forty-four-page document included in its nine appendices a series of laboriously constructed age and rank tables for the entire regular officer corps from captain to field marshal.
It should make up its own mind without the need of paid advertisements using the name of a great field marshal.
I do not know what the comparison is between an ex-politician—or perhaps he is still a practising politician—and the field marshal.
You do not have to be a field marshal to realise that that is not enough.
I should have thought that it was very reasonable and proper for the field marshal to wear his uniform when going into the battle zone.
That is not an academic; that is a field marshal.
It would not matter if he was a field marshal or a police constable.
When a field marshal is earning 10 times more than a private, that is right.