‘but perversely a lieutenant-general outranked a major-general. Weird but true’….the origin is it was sergant major-general at the bottom of the generals pile. Lieutenant-general was the the lieutenant to the general, same a lieutenant to a captain. Also somewhere before there was a mention of cr*p hats being military police. I was told it was slang for anyone other than a para. IE they cr*p on the hats of troops below! My question is why is Harper never offered a commison? Yes he is Irish in the British army but does Lawford say he would make a good officer? But hey he got rich in the end! Thank you for the entertaining books. Rhydian Evans

With regards to the query as why does a Lt. General outrank a Major general, the reason is that the correct term is Sargeant Major general. Peter Brown