Posted by Peter H on May 07, 2003 at 17:53:10 from 81.131.226.201 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: World War One posted by andy bolger on May 07, 2003 at 09:32:24:
'Class as a predictor of life chances' I don't admit it because I don't believe it. In my experience, so-called 'class' has predicted nothing.
As to BB, I agree the odds are that he fought in WW1, but I cannot see why everyone is convinced he was an officer. He might have been, but we simply don't know.
I suspect that one of the reasons for resistance to BB being an officer in this discussion is the phrase 'officer class'. To me, that expression has a built-in sneer.