> On 25 Aug 2020, at 16:42, Alex Goodwin <xxxxxx@multitel.com.au> wrote: > On 26/8/20 1:16 am, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk >> (via tml list) wrote: >> I can only aspire to the giddy heights of Sublieutenantness. I'd have >> probably been busted back to rating for mutiny. > > Second, from what little I understand, commissioned officers don't get > dropped back to other ranks. One caveat to that. My understanding is that in the UK, a dishonourable discharge as an officer does not exempt you from being liable for conscription. So if you weren’t to old or unfit, you could be conscripted as a private. Phil Kitching