This might sound a bit daft but is there any system for numbering the platoons in a British infantry battalion?
The reason I ask is that I've been reading the book "With the Jocks" by Peter White, about his time in the KOSB in 1944-45. He was a platoon commander in B Coy 4KOSB, and the platoons were numbered 10,11 and 12 platoons.
Another book I read (18 platoon) had the author's platoon as 18 platoon (no surprise there then).
In my days in the infantry I was in C Company, which had 9, 10 and 11 platoons.
Anyone have any idea how the platoons were numbered, or was it down to "tradition" or the CO/s whim?
Just curious....
Rodney2q
The reason I ask is that I've been reading the book "With the Jocks" by Peter White, about his time in the KOSB in 1944-45. He was a platoon commander in B Coy 4KOSB, and the platoons were numbered 10,11 and 12 platoons.
Another book I read (18 platoon) had the author's platoon as 18 platoon (no surprise there then).
In my days in the infantry I was in C Company, which had 9, 10 and 11 platoons.
Anyone have any idea how the platoons were numbered, or was it down to "tradition" or the CO/s whim?
Just curious....
Rodney2q