BRITISH INFANTRY WW1

[@Blitz1944]

Great video. My great grandad was killed on the 1st of July 1916 in the Somme, I have his medals and luckily a photo of him in his uniform from 1915. He was in the Queen's. I did WW1 British re-enactment for years and took part in many documentaries about the war and a few about the Somme. He has a grave in Mametz cemetery which me and Alex intend to visit in the near future. As I said great video 👍👍

[@lnewby8602]

Mine was 2/5 Batt. Duke of Wellington's. Earned the military medal at the Battle of Cambrai and was killed in 1918. May they rest in peace.

[@morgangallowglass8668]

Another brilliant vid, thank you! The family pieces are always best, I treasure the Webley Mk VI (firing and in the original 455) that my Grand carried in both wars.

[@militarymad2840]

Yes they are some thing special to hold on to

[@Kingshieldwall]

Great video once again, well done and fantastic mannequin set up. Agree 100% with your statement on today's Refugees 🤔

[@militarymad2840]

Time will tell but I don’t hold out much hope

[@samsum3738]

A very good video . Thank you .

[@militarymad2840]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sandywilkie564]

Great content. I appreciate what you are doing. I really hope you get more followers. Thank you.

[@militarymad2840]

Thanks that’s very kind

[@matthewcharles5867]

We have a photo of some 10th Australian battalion men in Egypt just before Gallipoli one wore 1908 gear the other was in 1871 equipment as used with the Martini rifles originally. ( but design for the later 303 variant from the boer war which we had used) The were scouts for the battalion. Our army had a interesting collection of gear early in the war.

[@militarymad2840]

At the start of most Wars there never seem to be enough equipment for all the men thanks for your info

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

Fascinating video, sir. I found it really interesting at @4:05 - @4:55 that you were showing a nice close up of the Puttees fastening at the top. My Grandfather was a Gunner in RHA on 18pdr Field guns, and as he had been brought up around horses, he was lead Outrider. He once showed me how he'd put his puttees on and emphasised that in Horse Artillery, they would start at the calf and fasten them at the ankle. I still have his 5 pocket Leather shoulder Bandolier, and his Brass Queen Mary Tobacco tin with all his medals, including his Mons Star, as he was there right from the start. Really great video, sir

[@militarymad2840]

Didn’t know about the Royal Horse fastening their puttees at the ankle thanks for that and he did well to go all through the War

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

@@militarymad2840Yes, from what he had told me, it was because if fastened at the top on the calf where they gripped the horse, they would work loose and unravel, but fastened at the ankle. they wouldn't. I don't know if that was just his regiment, or throughout the whole RHA ? He did do well to come through, but it did leave its mark on him. He was very patriotic and was one of the very first volunteers, and laughed about being "contemptible" re "The Old Contemptibles". He was one of the very first to get gassed where their Officer got them to piss on their handkerchieves and wrap around their faces as protection, before proper gasmasks were invented and issued. He saw the Norfolk Apprentice Boys Regiment of 14-15 year olds go forward to the front looking like "little boys", then see them "looking like little pygmies with haggard old men's faces" after losing hundreds of them...he would start crying the two times he spoke of that. Then when I was little, EVERY single time there was Thunder, I would see him have to hide under the stairs shaking with tears in his eyes. He was also sent to "The BullRing" at Etaples but had left the week before the mutiny. My Mum said he had a really quick temper and short fuse, which my Nan said was completely due to all he'd seen. He was my favourite Grandad. It really affected him badly. VERY patriotic before WW1, but staunch Socialist ever after

[@steelhelmetstan7305]

A very multi layered video .......your mannequin display is as always of museum quality, you really capture the kit and look of a WW1 Tommy Atkins😊😊😊. I know that we as a country were short of manpower for the armed forces during WW1 but surely your great uncle had 'done his bit?'...OK maybe not a discharge but not front line stuff, very sad. Its really interesting that you've got his personal effects...thats something to hold on to. I wasn't aware of the Belgian refugees during WW1, I've been over the Menai bridge and didn't know about the walkway. Alas your question of whether to hold our breath?......time will tell, society has changed....sadly for the worse. During WW1 & WW2 people fought for the greater good...do we have that sense of duty, of community in Britain today?..some people yes, others not. What happened to the Menin gate during WW2? , was the last post still done throughout the conflict?..cheers and all the very best to you 😊😊😊😊

[@militarymad2840]

That’s a good point about the Menin gate I don’t know didn’t think of that will have to look that up

[@steelhelmetstan7305]

@@militarymad2840 a quick look online reveals it was damaged during the British withdrawal from Europe in 1940, by the British blowing up a nearby bridge. During the german occupation thd last Post was held in England and resumed in 1944 after it was liberated by Polish troops....well according to Wikipedia!🙂🙃🙂

[@vedranmilivojevik8311]

Love it!! Continue making this kind of videos❤

[@zulubeatz1]

Thank you for this video.

[@militarymad2840]

Thank you

[@richardmcmellon216]

Great video. However, I am a little sad about the comment at 11.00 It's the sort of statement you would hear in the 1930s... let's not go there again.

[@militarymad2840]

I was unsure of saying that but I had just seen a recording of a national TV article showing asylum seekers in London demonstrating on the street because the rooms in their hotel were small and had bad Wi Fi connection and only this week in Ireland asylum seekers wrecked the hotel lobby they were staying at because they didn’t like the food don’t think that’s anything like what was happening in the 1930s

[@richardmcmellon216]

@@militarymad2840 our media is heavily right-wing biased at the moment and will dredge the barrel to find negative stories to support what they want you to believe.

[@militarymad2840]

So are you saying those things didn’t happen ????????

[@militarymad2840]

If you had fled your home land because of persecution or famine and hunger or even death and the free room you were given was small and had bad Wi Fi and you didn’t like the free food you were given which costs £8,000,000 a day and at the end prob get a free house would you complain ??? call me old fashioned but I don’t think I would, I do NOT have a problem with people coming here but I do when they complain

[@planes124]

Great video mate and you've given your great uncle a video which we can all remember him and his sacrifice for his country ❤🇬🇧

[@militarymad2840]

He was just one of millions they should never be forgotten

[@planes124]

​@@militarymad2840 " Lest we forget " ❤🇬🇧

[@NELSON3947]

There's a war monument in a small village called Westwell, that has a number taken from the clock of the Cloth Hall mounted into it.

[@militarymad2840]

That’s very interesting thank you

[@Sean-cz77]

Excellent work here boss. Imo, what every mannequin should be. Based off actual research, and time, instead just throwing a bunch of items on a figure and calling it a day. Would love to see some German WW2 pieces

[@militarymad2840]

Thanks I will be going on to WW2 in a couple of weeks

[@user-mm1qo6ge7t]

Brilliant video, where does one begin to collecting such a complete set of uniforms?

[@militarymad2840]

I started nearly 50years ago when items when you buy items from a local Army Surplus store and at a reasonable price afraid those days are gone it’s not that easy these days ☹️

[@bigjohno242]

My great grandfather was 8th btn Kings Liverpool Regiment in WW1.

[@militarymad2840]

They could possibly have met each other

[@bigjohno242]

@@militarymad2840 They may well have done . I have my Gt Grandad’s Army record . He served in the 8th Btn as a territorial between 1906 and 1921. He survived a gunshot wound to the head in 1917 around the time of Passchendale , survived , but never fully recovered . He died a homeless alcoholic in 1931 sadly .

[@rq83]

❤

[@mxe2693]

I'm beginning an impression of a man of the 17th btn Kings Regiment, if you have any more photographs or owt let me know!

[@militarymad2840]

Only got the two photos and the items in the video I’m afraid First War items are a bit hard to come by

[@drno4837]

my grandfather went through 3 years of the Westen front got a DCM, was never wounded AND did it all in a kilt, now there was a real man, us blokes these days are real wimps by comparison.

[@militarymad2840]

That is so true what a great guy they were a different breed in those days

[@jamfabulous]

Bit of a nasty dig about asylum seekers there lad, totally unnecessary.

[@militarymad2840]

Not long back they were demonstrating in the streets of London complaining there free hotel rooms were small and they had bad WI Fi connection and only this week they just wrecked the lobby of their hotel because they didn’t like the food, I really hope they can prove me wrong