Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
Ah one of the cherubim (cherry bum)
Where did I hear that - some film maybe?

Anne the Pleater
Flashman. As in At the Charge.

Sir Harry Flashman VC, who, as a junior officer in the regiment, started the Charge of the Light Brigade by, erm, fa*ting..!

He had an attack of good and proper flatulence which reverberated wonderfully off his saddle, and spooked all the horses. Once his bolted, the others followed. What a hero old Flashy was..!

I believe the Cherrybums got their moniker by being caught eating cherries, while resting in a cherry orchard awaiting further instructions, when the rest of the army were in the thick of business. Their tight cherry-red breeks made the pun all the more fitting.