Main Characters Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden Colonel Charles Reynolds Captain Jonathan Ashwood Gunner 'Parky' Parkin Char Wallah Muhammed Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham Gunner 'Nobby' Clark Gunner 'Nosher' Evans Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh Rangi Ram Punka Wallah Rumzan Ah Syn, the Chinese Chef