Formal valediction

**devexwarrior** · 02-07-2009, 18:26

All the versions of JSP 101 I can find on Armynet are the new type without formal letters. Does anyone have the correct format of the valediction ie

I have the honour to be etc etc

cheers

**sunami** · 02-07-2009, 19:03

I have the honour to remain... your most humble and obedient servant

This is used when addressing certain dignified personages, such as heads of state. E.g. "I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your Excellency's most humble and obedient servant".

**alfred_the_great** · 02-07-2009, 19:51

I have the Honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

Alfred

Is how my marked up (old) copy of 101 has it....

**counterstrike** · 02-07-2009, 22:18

Originally Posted by sunami

I have the honour to remain... your most humble and obedient servant

This is used when addressing certain dignified personages, such as heads of state. E.g. "I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your Excellency's most humble and obedient servant".

Well copied from Wikipedia/valediction (an interesting link nonetheless) but doesn't quite sound right, especially in British Military terms.

Originally Posted by alfred_the_great

I have the Honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

Alfred

Alfred, I'd say yours is spot on.

**alfred_the_great** · 03-07-2009, 07:56

Note the order of capitalisation, very important!

And the letter should open with:

Sir,

I have the honour to request/submit......

Enjoy writing!

**OldRedCap** · 03-07-2009, 08:14

Served tri-service. Wing Co pointed out that we (Army blokes) were not signing our reports 'properly' I was forced to point out that we rarely considered it an honour, never were servants and so could not remain. Obedience didn't come into it.
The sig blocks remained as tradition.