We trained with the British Army during ReForGer exercises in Germany in ‘77-’78. We couldn’t drink alcohol on these exercises but the Brits would sure break for tea time at 2:00pm, great guys.
Daddy’s combat engineer battalion spent two weeks with a British engineer battalion learning how to build bailey bridges.
He said every morning at 10, they would halt everything and have tea.
When their ship debarked in Liverpool, each soldier was given a booklet on proper etiquette in England. One thing was not to complain about their coffee.