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20 answers for: Nicknames for privates in the British Forces (7)
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TOMMIESNicknames for privates in the British Forces (7)
PIKEOld weapon for private in Dad's Army (4)
STRAPThong gets privates in a twist (5)
RAFFISHThe British force seafood to be disreputable (7)
REEQUIPEngineers joke about private in the end getting kit out again
TRACTOROne of the nicknames for a Class 37 locomotive (7)
BADAJOZCity in Extremadura, captured by British forces in the Peninsular War
BLIGHTYOne of many nicknames for England (7)
ATKINSTommy, generic name for a private in the British army (6)
YFRONTSOutspoken Dutch little 'uns covering for privates (1-6)
GSTRINGVeteran company investing strong cover for privates
LUCKNOWCity in northern India. scene of a six-month siege of British forces by rebel sepoys in 1857 (7)
ILROSSOFrom his hair colour, one of two nicknames for the Italian Mannerist painter Giovanni Batista di Jacopo
TOMMY"Thomas Atkins" on specimen forms led to which generic name for a private in the British Army? (5)
SAPPERPrivate in the British Royal Engineers (6)
TRIPOLIThis Libyan city was occupied by British forces until the nation achieved independence in 1951
KITCHENERField marshal who in 1900 became overall commander of the British forces in the Second Boer War (9)
HAIGDouglas ---, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of the First World War (4)
DOUGLASHAIGBritish field marshal; commander-in-chief of the British forces in France and Flanders (1915-18)
LANTERNLeading light left before British force (7)