AKICODW/LJ - word search

[nineveh_uk]

I feel sure that there must be a word - probably specific slang - for this, but I can't think what it could be.

I want to describe someone leaving the British army - voluntarily - at the end of a long career. This is taking place in the 1920s. Essentially he's retiring, but while I can use retiring I feel there should be something more precise.

ETA: Solved!

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[legionseagle]

He sends in his papers (and tells Wimsey about it) whern they're handling his brother's nervous collapse. His colonel knows of the attempt at fraud, so puts pressure on him to resign.