gunner-major

Updated: July 6, 2025

I was introduced to the gentleman who had said "Salvo!" He was the gunner-major, and a charming fellow, recently from civil life. All the battery was made up of New Army men learning their job, and learning it very well, I should say. There was no arrogance about them. "It's sporting of you to come along to a spot like this," said one of them. "I wouldn't unless I had to.

Philip Gibbs - Now It Can Be Told