Havildar

Is that the insignia of a Havildar (first class) in the 1st Gurkha Sewage Service? on August 14, 2008 at 11: 05 am | Reply InnercityPC

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The managing man is one Mohammed Mahmud9, generally called El Hammal or the porter: he is a Havildar or sergeant in the

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

Manu Bappoo was dead and the Havildar had returned from the palace with the welcome news of Beny Singh's murder, which meant that Gawilghur had a new commander.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

"He preferred they should die than be dishonoured, " the Havildar translated.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

Havildar, feinted with the bayonet, parried the tulwar's counter-lunge, then stabbed the enemy in the belly.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

The piquets blazed back until a Havildar shouted at them to hold their fire.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

The Havildar commanding the Cobra company had been appalled to see the redcoats charging.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

"Bad luck, them birds, " Hakeswill told the Havildar as the bird fled in a flurry of bright severed feathers.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

"I shall have an harem, " he said aloud, earning a worried look from his Havildar.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

Hakeswill, alarmed, backed away, then remembered he was to be a rajah and could not show timidity in front of the Havildar and his men, so he stepped forward again and thrust the sword forward in a clumsy lunge.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999