Perhaps the best parody of British Army leadership in the 19th-century is the “Major-General’s Song” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. In it, the general claims a ...

Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the passionate cheering of friends and families, the lofty grandeur of speeches and, of course, one very ...

Officers threatened with punishment over lyrics about lack of kit and ‘dying in the first wave’ Tom Cotterill is The Telegraph’s acting defence editor. He has previously written for The Daily Mail and ...