He then had an awkward five minutes with a British sergeant, who turned up and wanted to know all about it.

Both ranks are roughly equivalent to a British or Commonwealth sergeant.

Johnson now goes to work for Gollup, a retired British sergeant who has married a native woman and runs the local store.

Studied every war holo I could find with a proper British sergeant major in it.

Bonaparte was injured in the thigh by a British sergeant with a bayonet.

He conducted the marriage of a survivor and the British sergeant who had liberated her.

He turned on his heels like a British sergeant major and retreated into the hearing room.

A British sergeant is said to have cried "not bloody likely!"

"Whatever you do in this book, don't go making me into a bloody hero," a British sergeant he is interviewing says.

The insignia of rank was changed in 2009 to resemble American and British sergeants.