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• Gunner Graham was put on " jankers " ( painting stones ) by the Sergeant Major.
• Jankers could be given by a less senior officer, most typically a Captain or Flight Lieutenant.
• In Last of the Summer Wine, Smiler once described that working for Nora Batty was like being in the Army again, and always on Jankers.
• Being put on a charge for not being up to required standard, resulting in Jankers, was very commonly experienced by personnel while being trade trained there.
• The term " jankers " is today very occasionally used jokingly in civilian life, such as in journalism to mean the punishment of minor infringements by the imposition of tedious duties.
• The kinds of offences which, most typically, resulted in a man being put on jankers, have always been fairly minor breaches of discipline, most commonly being AWOL, e . g . returning to base slightly late after leave on a weekend pass.
• Being put on jankers was never considered an indication of bad character in the Services, but particularly in the days of conscription, rather more as normal Armed Forces discipline likely to be experienced by the majority of ratings at some time or other while in the Forces.
• British TV classic comedies, such as " It Ain't Half Hot Mum " and " Get Some In ! " and full length cinema films of that epoch like " Privates Progress " and " Carry on Sergeant " habitually made fun of jankers, as have memoirs of life in the armed services.
• The officer's decision, in this regard, was dependent upon his judgement of the seriousness, or otherwise, of the offence ( s ) committed and also whether it was a first offence or there were previous similar breaches of discipline already recorded on the man's or woman's conduct sheet e . g . " Jankers " was a familiar part of life during Regular and National Service in both the British Army and the Royal Air Force.
• Other common offences, often resulting in a spell of jankers, were being caught still in bed after reveille, being drunk, being deemed " scruffy " when in uniform such as boots or brasses not gleaming satisfactorily, performing some minor duty lazily or carelessly, failing to comply correctly with some order or regulation, failing to salute an officer correctly or some other similar mistake, being late for some duty, being untidy or lazy in barrack room, such as not sweeping bed space properly or having dust on locker, making a sloppy bedpack, or else not being up to the required standard of smartness on parade or on a kit inspection.