---
title: "Meet Cpl. Adonis Maximus Badass, the Brit soldier with the best name in military history"
description: "Somewhere out there within the ranks of the British Army is a corporal with the single greatest name in the history of military service."
date: "2020-06-12"
modified: "2020-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "James Clark"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/adonis-maximus-badass/"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Mandatory Fun"
---

# Meet Cpl. Adonis Maximus Badass, the Brit soldier with the best name in military history

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eauhorwwkaa2q2e.jpg>)

The last thing I expected today as I poured myself a stiff drink — and prepared to skate through the last hour or two of work — was this [tweet from Ned Donavan](<https://twitter.com/Ned_Donovan>), a British reporter in London.

But by the beard of Zeus, I'm eternally grateful I saw it.

That's right, somewhere out there within the ranks of the British Army is a corporal with the single greatest name in the history of military service: Adonis Maximus Badass. (And yes, that even takes into account the Capt. Americas, Sgt. Majors, and Maj. Players of the world.)

Let me say that glorious name again, but slower:

Adonis — Greek for "pure muscle-bound perfection."

Maximus — Latin for "to the max, motherfucker."

Badass — Well, that one's self explanatory.

In other words, this guy's name amounts to Perfect Maximum Badassery.

The screenshot showing this flawless name was pulled from a video shared by the official British Army Twitter account commemorating the forced surrender of the British Army's Highland Division at Saint-Valery-en-Caux [during the Battle of France](<https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/05/battle-of-france-80/>).

In the video, Adonis Maximus Badass — I simply refuse to use *just* his last name — can be seen playing the ever-loving shit out of his bagpipes:

https://twitter.com/BritishArmy/status/1271385530052345857

Now, all too often the internet spews forth a disgusting stream of hate, ignorance, and crossfit videos — seriously, nobody cares that you're working out and like to play with kettlebells — but every once in a while it coughs up something amazing, like some god-touched hairball onto the rug that is humanity.

Today, that was a name, and that name was Adonis Maximus Badass.

## Author
James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/JamesWClark>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jclarkjournalism/>)