He carries a small volume of poetry in his left hand. You will know this because it will have Sassoon, Poems written on it in a historically inaccurate typeface. Fortunately, this is usually the Sergeant s main duty. Expect him to give an improbable order and insist it is carried out immediately. This task will involve field punishment of the best man in the battalion.
Field punishment means clean everyone s boots for the next half-hour of the film .
The battalion is led by The Sergeant, and The Captain. The rest of you have just signed up except for the Old Bloke in the Corner. He s seen it all and is lucky because he ll live to at least the last scene. The rest of the battalion are The Really Young Idealistic One. Because He Does Something Stupid Early On and Gets Killed, and Your Brother.