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For every officer living the privileged life described in this article there were dozens of rank and file British troops, who certainly had no servants, or any
by golover721 7y ago
For every officer living the privileged life described in this article there were dozens of rank and file British troops, who certainly had no servants, or any of the other described comforts and luxuries. No mention of them?
- ad-hominem 7y agoThe last paragraph in this article is as follows: Finally, the British had servants. Even common British soldiers had servants. So maybe read the article before commenting on what is or is not in it?
- sbmthakur 7y agoThe question was specifically about British officers.
- golover721 7y agoFair enough, but the article did mention how much worse the Indian troops under their command had it. So seems odd that they wouldn't mention the British troops as well.
- graeme 7y agoA dead comment mentions even rank and file troops had servants. In previous centuries it was much more common for middle status people to have hired help.
- golover721 7y agoThat is definitely true, however I would hardly classify a private in the army as "middle class".