Company sergeant major between units, creating a minefield for outsiders, new recruits, and soldiers serving outside their parent regiments. The most famous fictional examples are perhaps Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Bryn 'Shut Up' Williams, portrayed by Windsor Davies in the 1970s sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" and Company Sergeant Major Percival Bullimore and Company Sergeant Major Claude Snudge played by William Hartnell and Bill Fraser, respectively, in the 1958–63, Granada television comedy series, "The Army Game". Company sergeant major The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration,
It Ain't Half Hot Mum file to that of Williams so that the Sergeant Major will have 'proof' that Parkins is his son. Consequently, Williams becomes very selective about Parkins' achievement – praising him when he does something right and ignoring when Parkins makes huge blunders. For instance Parkins is appointed as Battery Clerk – since he has no exploitable talent for the concert party – and, having misunderstood an order from the Sergeant-Major, proceeds to have the Officer's Mess demolished. (Sergeant-Major Williams had told him to "remove the mess by the Officers' lines", referring to a pile of old beds that were to be