It Ain't Half Hot Mum to Bombardier after Solly is demobbed and sent back to Britain. The soldiers are under the orders of Battery Sergeant Major "Shut Up" Williams, a belligerent Welshman who has spent almost all of his life as a professional soldier. In turn, Williams reports to the two officers in charge of the Concert Party: Captain Ashwood and Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds. Both Ashwood and Reynolds are characterised as coming from upper-class backgrounds. Ashwood, the younger officer, is rather stupid and slightly excitable, while Reynolds is older and more worldly-wise and sensible. While often bemoaning the rough conditions of Army life, both Ashwood and
Richard Davies (actor) Wood" (1972). In 1988, he played the schoolteacher in "Queen Sacrifice". He died on 8 October 2015 at the age of 89, survived by his wife and two children, and a son from his first marriage. He had Alzheimer's disease. Richard Davies (actor) Richard Davies (25 January 1926 – 8 October 2015) was a Welsh character actor. He was probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr. Price in the LWT popular situation comedy "Please Sir!". He used a broad Welsh accent for much of his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range