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Serenity "🜔🝆🜌🜂" Dee 🍜 @sapphixy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the Bean linked me to this with the note that William Windsor I and his successor are the last squaddies to receive cigarette rations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William... I am amused that he got busted back a rank for presumably being a goat a bit too obnoxiously

William "Billy" Windsor I is a cashmere goat who served as a lance corporal in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, an infantry battalion of the British Army. He served as a lance corporal from 2001 until 2009, except for a three-month period in 2006 when he was demoted to fusilier, after inappropriate behaviour during the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations while deployed on active duty with the battalion on Cyprus. He retired to Whipsnade Zoo in May 2009.

William Windsor II

In order to replace Billy, thirty members of 1st Battalion set off to Great Orme in Llandudno on 15 June 2009 at 03:00, hoping to catch the feral goats in a docile state. A team led by Lieutenant-Colonel Nick Lock (Commanding Officer) included the goat major and several veterinarians. Army spokesman Gavin O’Connor said, "We are looking for a goat which is calm under pressure and a team player." During the selection of a replacement goat, the battalion helped to start an alternative vaccine method of birth control among the herd, since hormone implants that were previously employed to control numbers are no longer available.

With some difficulty, a five-month-old was chosen, and assigned army number 25142301—which represents regiment number 2514, 23rd Regiment of Foot (the original name of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers), and 01 denoting the 1st Battalion. The new goat will also be called William Windsor, beginning as a fusilier while being trained for military life.He will receive a ration of two cigarettes per day, which he eats, but will not be permitted Guinness (for iron) until he is older.

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lgbtqawooo sloth month @spherewolf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

do cigarettes fulfill a required part of a goat's healthy diet?

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