Following an unsettling lecture concerning the distinction between Allied and German parachutists, the platoon received orders to collect a U-boat crew left ashore. Wilson, concerned that his impetuous comrades would mishandle live hand gre…

After two and a half years, the United States has at last declared its entry into the European conflict. Walmington-on-Sea finds itself tasked with welcoming an American detachment, and the platoon promptly arranges a celebratory reception.…

Mainwaring assembled his men for the clandestine reading of highly classified orders regarding the passage – a purely nominal stop – of the royal train. A palpable tension settled as it became clear that everyone present seemed already priv…

Mainwaring was resolute: his platoon would achieve the required twelve stars in a decidedly unusual competition weekend. Captain Ramsey, assuming command, ratcheted up the mental strain. Meanwhile, intelligence gleaned by Wilson from a riva…

News of an uncle’s passing and Wilson’s subsequent inheritance of an Honourable Aristocrat title brought a wave of flattery and attention from all of Walmington-on-Sea… save for Mainwaring, whose jealous resentment bordered on the theatrica…

During a nightly patrol plagued by atrocious weather, the platoon found themselves without enough petrol to keep Jones’s van running, forcing them to seek shelter in what appeared to be an abandoned house. Inside, a thoroughly soaked Pike w…

With Mainwaring laid up in hospital, Wilson assumed command. After Walker’s abrupt return to London, signified only by a hastily scribbled note, Wilson resolved to bolster the platoon’s strength by inviting the vicar and the verger to fill …