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@HamzBurg9799 3 күн бұрын
Awesom-O!
@dagmarharding6374 6 күн бұрын
I’m obsessed with the vibrant uniforms of Scotland, Ireland and British uniforms and the rich history that comes with it. I’m American do you all know our history is so short and with American as a melting pot of the world, that singular pride that most countries have. The Scots have the most beautiful uniforms to me.
@mcsmash4905 12 күн бұрын
its interesting to see in early war photos how soldiers would all lie down along a road or some embankment more or less alongside one another to present what i suppose is a solid line of fire towards the enemy , truly still an excercise in linear tactics
@oliversherman2414 16 күн бұрын
A great unit 🇬🇧🏴
@j.b.macadam6516 20 күн бұрын
Thanks for the informative video! I find the maneuver war of 1914 quite challenging.
@robert-trading-as-Bob69 22 күн бұрын
There is a chance that both my great-grandparents fought against each other at Magersfontein. On the Annandale side, they rode with de la Rey, and on the Nicholl side, marched with the Black Watch as an officer. I wish I knew when Nicholl got to South Africa, and in which battalion. Similarly with my (ex-Scots) Boer ancestors, but there isn't that much surviving paperwork on the Boer ranks. The Afrikaans side of the family barely talks to the English-speaking side of the Annandales after my grandfather married a Khaki soldiers daughter.
@markaluge 25 күн бұрын
I used to have an officer’s valise which I donated to the museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop.
@hoser7706 Ай бұрын
That was very informative. Most of that I was not aware of. A cery cool kit for that time. With modernupdates something similar would be cool for travel.
@alanfrost4661 Ай бұрын
My granddad signed on in 1914 and survived the poppy fields carnage but god help any body that dared bring a tin of Bully into his house he would have lost it big time
@johnsometimesoffandsometim8933 Ай бұрын
ww1 stupid pastime
@douglas2632 Ай бұрын
I have my Black watch glengarry and kilt that i wear on Burns day every year. I still enjoy my haggis .
@berndf.aus.n.a.d.w Ай бұрын
Thank's a lot for this video. Coz of the music, i need to watch "the longest day"...
@giuseppinavolpe2873 Ай бұрын
Sewing kit is very styled
@giuseppinavolpe2873 Ай бұрын
Are you the ghost from 1915?ok
@ANDYCLARAG Ай бұрын
My great -grandfather was D Coy SgtMajor Andrew Gray 42 nd Highlanders who was involved in this action...
@nicklinville9020 Ай бұрын
Interesting videos, but the ear-splitting bagpipes make it unwatchable.
@jimbojet8728 Ай бұрын
Employed some of the men to serve them? By ‘employed’ you mean ordered the ‘minions’ to be their servants or valets.
@LBS4 Ай бұрын
That folding lantern is fantastic, thank you for the vid!
@joshhoffman1975 Ай бұрын
Cool lanten!
@Raj-nh3fc Ай бұрын
We called them "holdalls" in India and there used to be several such holdalls used during train travels for sleeping at night in a family shared between members. It contained a light thin matress, bedshets, blanket, a small pillow and pockets for some small things like slippers and toilet kit. I remember my mother always packing a holdall along with an earthenware water pitcher for cold drinking water, lunch or picknic basket with food and ofcourse our luggage. There was no such thing as light travel in those days and coolies were assured their jobs.😂
@spivvo Ай бұрын
Would be nice ifvyou explained the unusual items… putties…. And sounded like ‘housewife’ but looked like a covid facemask
@Martin-km4yz Ай бұрын
First off, officer's did not wear putties.
@dereckhasken9055 Ай бұрын
A welcome change for officers to put on canvas hoes after marching all day??? What about other ranks? Don’t think they had plimsolls-😏
@stevekaczynski3793 Ай бұрын
I've read Pat Barker's novel "Regeneration", which looks at the hospital for shell-shocked officers in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, and where Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfrid Owen were among the patients. It was turned into a rather good film in 1997.
@dave23024 2 ай бұрын
This narrator is a dead ringer for Sean Bean.
@byronservies4043 2 ай бұрын
Several years ago I purchased a reprint of "Yesterdays Shopping: The Army & Navy Stores Catalogue 1907" specifically for the images of campaign furniture. Most of this gear is in there, iirc, and that is part of what makes the catalog so incredible: so much of it is still available and sometimes advertised as a new concept!
@patplayzroblox5065 2 ай бұрын
And nowadays people be using them to chop bikers head I seen a lot of them
@robertmonaghan5420 2 ай бұрын
Probably A Great Video. But The Commentator Isn't Good
@wullieg7269 2 ай бұрын
Churchill fed his men in the Scots Guards
@paulyoung4422 2 ай бұрын
Those Boots would not pass muster.
@sonnyjim5268 2 ай бұрын
When did the intelligence officer appear? In modern times, it's usually a lieutenant from the battalion.
@astralclub5964 2 ай бұрын
Typical British stiff upper lip! American officers would’ve stolen a cook stove!
@Chumblybum 2 ай бұрын
0:54 Meat Lozenges? Bleeergh
@RJVEK 2 ай бұрын
Super video- can you give an indication of the costs for the entire ‘outfit’ in today’s prices- I’m fascinated at the costs- and sadly much investment just ended up rotting in a field in Flanders
@dougbotimer8005 2 ай бұрын
Years ago I was talking with a Canadian WWI veteran who shared the scarring around his knees where a wet kilt froze to flesh.
@69thRegOfFoot 2 ай бұрын
where did you get your kilt?
@edc8388 2 ай бұрын
Regimental Signals Officers ?
@sarkajindrichova6390 2 ай бұрын
pfff i wold rather eat with men and give cooks my ration
@matthewjay660 2 ай бұрын
It freaks me out that they had to BUY produce. They didn't just RECEIVE vegetables.
@Normandy1944 2 ай бұрын
Different militaries provide differently, most produce back then was grown locally and purchased thus. Plus, there was no guarantee of a good crop. Also, it wasn't shipped like you have today. Transport of fresh vegetables from England to France and it doesn't arrive as fresh vegetables, if not turning bad already. Check out WWII submarines and see how foods were stored and what was eaten first before it perished, ...then go back another 20 yrs. This is what's wrong with today's society, very few know how to provide for themselves...they think the store provides it all. It would be a windfall of knowledge if people worked on a farm for at least a year...I've worked 3 farms through my years (beef, milk and vegetable).
@Thomas-ei1yk 2 ай бұрын
I might have included a grenade...or two.
@robertstallard7836 2 ай бұрын
Why on earth would you include grenades in kit you're not taking into battle? Are you going to frag the batman if he doesn't polish your boots correctly? The valise contained the officer's personal kit, not weapons. If for some reason an officer wanted to carry grenades then they would be in his belt kit/small pack that he does take into battle.
@John_Pace 2 ай бұрын
In a 1970s tank battalion, I can still see the relevance of this video.
@georgelutes1230 2 ай бұрын
A very nice video though the level of volume is quite low making it difficult to hear.
@mattyb7736 2 ай бұрын
You don't have a volume control on your device? I suppose you want someone to adjust it for you too?
@georgelutes1230 2 ай бұрын
@@mattyb7736 Yes, I do have volume control. Two, actually. I only rarely go very high on either but with them both maxed out the volume on most of his videos is barely audible.
@chrisplace9773 2 ай бұрын
Thats democracy for you. Politicians hide, and leave us to fight so its normal for us to be treated like crap.
@user-cd4mo7rw5b 2 ай бұрын
Wellies
@c3aloha 2 ай бұрын
Even as a U.S. Marine officer I had to take a bank loan to pay for all my uniforms.
@erwin669 2 ай бұрын
I was happy that I was prior enlisted when I got my commission, so it was mostly just a change in insignia. Even still my Officer ASUs was around $500 for everything but the shoes.
@utoob312 2 ай бұрын
Spare latrine paper would have been an idea. Daily ration issue was, if any, 3or 4 sheets i think
@feliscorax 2 ай бұрын
Well, shit, that ain’t nearly enough once the dysentery sets in.
@aje1200gs 2 ай бұрын
The commissioning ceremony of the intelligence corps before democratisation in 1994 was at Magersfontein; a moving ceremony. The underlying message was to respect your foe; irrespective of how evil he may be.
@chrisbailey9331 2 ай бұрын
Beautifully presented young Sir! And, jolly well done on your ‘turn out’. Your ‘Batman’ is obviously worth his weight in gold! I used to be a ‘living historian’ and am very familiar with all that you say and show. I belonged to the GWS for over 12 years and the Khaki Chums for a similar time. I had the privilege to know personally a few of the last surviving Tommies, particularly dear old Harry Patch. Keep doing what you’re doing for their memory and for your King and your Men👍🏻🇬🇧
@MSchmitz77 2 ай бұрын
Where can I find a pdf of the 1895 infantry sword exercise?
@kimchipig 2 ай бұрын
By 1916, junior officers usually wore a standard enlisted man's uniform. The officer's uniform made them a conspicuous target.
@stevekaczynski3793 Ай бұрын
A famous photo of Lancashire Fusiliers at the Somme in 1916 includes a second lieutenant who seems to be wearing an enlisted man's tunic. He has also moved his rank badges to his shoulder straps, as opposed to the much more conspicuous sleeve rank badges of the regulations.