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,
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