sar'nt

Updated: May 9, 2025

Horses stamped and snorted; sergeants swore continually; officers nagged and shouted. Men got mixed up and lost their units, sections lost their way in the great crowd of companies assembled. Once Hawk loomed out of the darkness and a strong whiff of rum came with him... he disappeared again: "See you later, Sar'nt lookin' after things important practically everythink "

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

Those ten or twelve men went out of our lives completely. Days passed. There was no news. It was queer. It was queer when I called the roll next day "Briggs!" "Sar'nt!" "Boots!" "Sarn't!" "Cudworth!" "Here, Sar'nt!" "Dean!" "Sar'nt!" "Desmond!" "Sar'nt!" I couldn't remember not to call his name out. It seemed queer that he was missing. It seemed quite hopeless now. Three or four days dragged on.

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.