What maritime order is also termed The Birkenhead Drill?
HMS Birkenhead (1845) an' sailor too The phrase also appears in Robert A. Heinlein's 1956 "Double Star" I knew I was sunk-but, damn it, if you are caught by the Birkenhead Drill, the least you owe yourself is to stand at attention while the ship goes down. and in David Weber's 1991 novel "Mutineers' Moon", And if he was caught in the Birkenhead Drill, he could at least try to do his best till the ship went down. It also appears in David Weber/Eric Flint's Cauldron of Ghosts 2014, She had ... you got caught in what one pre-space history she'd read had
Grange Road West drill hall, Birkenhead Battalion in 1921. The 4th/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion evolved to become the 4th Battalion in 1939, just before the Second World War, and, although it continued to be based at Grange Road West, it was disbanded in 1967. The drill hall, being surplus to requirements, was sold, in 1969, to Birkenhead County Borough Council who converted it into a sports centre. It is now the home of the Birkenhead Gymnastics Club. Grange Road West drill hall, Birkenhead The Grange Road West drill hall is a former military installation, and now a sports centre, in Birkenhead, Merseyside. The building was