TOMO 24,876 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 he was great character in it ain half hot mum.....I think for most of us kids back then its what we thought a sargent major was really like.....and as an adult you hope they are too.... like the drill instructer in full metal jacket....us civvies hope those characters are spot on and true to life in an over dramatized way.... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, mackem said: he had a great voice didn't he....its that welsh accent 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Rip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,679 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Is that pike ? Rip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, TOMO said: he was great character in it ain half hot mum.....I think for most of us kids back then its what we thought a sargent major was really like.....and as an adult you hope they are too.... like the drill instructer in full metal jacket....us civvies hope those characters are spot on and true to life in an over dramatized way.... The drill sergeant in full metal jacket was a real drill sergeant. He was brought in for technical advice and research but he was exactly what they wanted so stanley Kubrick gave him the part.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Lee_Ermey He died last year. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green lurchers 16,369 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Lovely boy lovely boy rip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meece 1,957 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 I can quite imagine him holding off about three rampant Zulu with fixed bayonet like Colour Sargent Bourne in the film Zulu. My father fought the japs up the jungle in Burma. Very hard conditions. RIP. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,481 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 very sad news r.i.p ,great actor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, jiggy said: The drill sergeant in full metal jacket was a real drill sergeant. He was brought in for technical advice and research but he was exactly what they wanted so stanley Kubrick gave him the part.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Lee_Ermey He died last year. Lee emery was an actor who was a drill Sgt in a past life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,397 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 R.I.P. i don't think we will see a rerun of It Aint half hot to celebrate his life ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 3 hours ago, TOMO said: he was great character in it ain half hot mum.....I think for most of us kids back then its what we thought a sargent major was really like.....and as an adult you hope they are too.... like the drill instructer in full metal jacket....us civvies hope those characters are spot on and true to life in an over dramatized way.... Bullshit I can't hear you Sound off like you got a pair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Lee emery was an actor who was a drill Sgt in a past life Yes but the point been he was a drill sergeant so nailed the part perfectly. He was only asked for technical advice on that particular role but was then given the part. He didn't apply or audition for it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Meece said: I can quite imagine him holding off about three rampant Zulu with fixed bayonet like Colour Sargent Bourne in the film Zulu. My father fought the japs up the jungle in Burma. Very hard conditions. RIP. my granddad as well...he was in tanks in Burma..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,783 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, TOMO said: my granddad as well...he was in tanks in Burma..... Must have been horrendous conditions mate 100% humidity and 35+ degrees heat sweating buckets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 hours ago, mackem said: Must have been horrendous conditions mate 100% humidity and 35+ degrees heat sweating buckets. he never much talked about it....but that generation didn't did they......theres only a few bits I know....and of course none of it was about battle or killing other soldiers ... he told me when he went in in 1939 right at the start...he was 12 stone.....when he came out in 45 after vj day....he was 7 stone....he was never captured or anything....just when they were fighting in the jungles of Burma....they rarely got supplies , planes would drop them but never on target....and when they rolled in to some village they couldn't eat or drink anything cos the japs poisoned everything whilst reatreating 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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