Stirling's first job was to start recruiting and there were two particular officers he had in mind.

He said he even knew the name of one particular officer who seemed to stalk him daily.

In the case of these two particular officers, that simply cannot be done.

But these were the first comments linked to a particular officer.

He often declined to explain why a particular officer had fallen under suspicion.

Bean hadn't given a moment's thought to some future contest between him and this particular officer.

This particular officer was an expert on booby traps and explosive devices in general.

"But one not shared by this particular officer."

There were many who had followed particular officers all their working lives.

For a stranger it would be impossible to guess who served under whose command, even if he knew a particular officer's name.