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Those who, by reason of long distance or for other reasons, could not go home for Christmas, reckoned they were privileged to remain at the garrison because of the tender love Staff-Captain Lee expended on them, whom she feared might feel lonely and deprived at the Christmas season.
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
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Liaison between departments has broken down, and the Staff-Captain whom I saw yesterday in the distance is suffering from premature decay.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Various
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Salter, the Acting Staff-Captain, we marched to billets at La Houssoye, some five miles away, where C Company joined us early the following morning.
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman
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When sufficient strength was recovered to enable her to undertake an appointment under the eye of her doctor, she was promoted to the rank of Staff-Captain and saw two brief periods of service at the
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
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Her health again improving, to her great delight the Staff-Captain was re-appointed to the Training Garrison, this time as Secretary of Field
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
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The east was reddening when I saw Haughton, Staff-Captain of the 19th
The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Edward John Thompson 1916
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Staff-Captain in the Quarry, when I got what felt like a stone in the face.
Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915
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D. Hill had been Staff-Captain ever since the Brigade came out to France, and what he did not know about the job was not worth knowing.
Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915
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In the afternoon I was asked by the Staff-Captain to see that the hot food and tea and rum for the use of the troops next morning were ready for delivery to the carrying-parties, and that the O.C. carrying-party knew exactly what to do.
Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915
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Staff-Captain or Machine-Gun Officer, either of whom should have gone in my place.
Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915
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