Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

All British officers are hereby requested to please obtain the new parole from their CO. [:)]

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<br />All British officers are hereby requested to please obtain the new parole from their CO. [:)]
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Oh alright I'm going to look stupid but what is a "parole"? I thought it was something you obtained when you were captured. My apologies for the extreme ignorance [:D][:D]

Definition: [n] a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
<i><font color="yellow">[n] a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" </font id="yellow"></i>
[n] a promise; "he gave his word"
[ v] release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

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Definition: \Pa*role"\, n. [F. parole. See {Parley}, and cf.
{Parol}.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]

2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially
(Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill
stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's
captors, to return to custody, or the like.

This man had forfeited his military parole.
--Macaulay.

<font color="yellow"><i>3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; --
distinguished from countersign, which is given to all
guards.</i></font id="yellow">

4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst {Parol}, 2.


\Pa*role"\, a.
See 2d {Parol}.


\Pa*role"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paroled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Paroling}.] (Mil.)
To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.

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Hope that helps. [:)]

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A slight obfuscation from our commander. He KNOWS those rebel rabble can't read nor write, so they go off thinking they can win this war, when all the British give their parole.

You probably are just shell-shocked (from Korea[:D]) and didn't read it right.[:p][}:)]