In The Company of Men - The Commander (Part Two)

Filmed in 1995 'In The Company of Men' was a documentary that followed the Prince of Wales Company, 1st battalion Welsh Guards on a tour of duty in County Fermanagh, Northern Island. The first episode of three was 'The Commander', focused on the then Major Crispin Black,

[@ukraine7249]

Loved serving with the Welsh warriors, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan RIP to all brothers who died x

[@HoofinBob]

The soldiers poem ... an absolute treat in true 'tommy' style.

[@gooner72]

The Welsh Guards have always had a very unique identity, a sort of 500 strong family, and I'm pretty sure it still has it to this day...... I like that. The Household Division has a unique identity anyway, not just because of their ceremonial duties, but I think the Welsh Guards have it to a greater extent, especially as they have the pretty fierce rivalries between North Walians and South Walians.

[@Grenadier96]

Very true. I'm Welsh by birth, but served in the Grenadiers, for my sins. I've known a couple of blokes who served in Corps attached to various Guards regiments. Both say the Welsh Guards was without doubt, the most close knit and true to their national identity of any of the battalions. And that includes the Micks who, by my experience, were so laid back they are practically horizontal. Bit of a regret that I didn't join the Taffs, but relatively happy with my lot. Whichever regiment you joined, you always felt part of a wider blue/red/blue family, and it was always good to bump into other lads you knew from other battalions on various courses.

[@barryroach1980]

The Rupert's smoke their ciggies like Paris Hilton would, I was expecting them to say "How are you Dhalink".... Bless 'em!

[@Highland_Moo]

I really enjoyed this - good lads and the officers weren’t too bad either!

[@rockinbillyboy]

@ 1:50 Crispin suggests that the RUC accommodation is much better than the what the Welsh Guards have.......well, that may be because after a few months, Crispin and his lads, can go back home again, and the RUC will have to live with the threat morning, noon and night....at work, at home and in bed.

[@micoolkidfilms3270]

The ruc are racist for not letting them fly the Welsh flag

[@gh2568]

A lively bunch and they seem to keep up good morale.

[@robertchubb1518]

The poem by the lad....even Wellington could have agreed...

[@goldencheese7247]

He does have a bit of cheekiness in him, does'nt he.

[@jamesmurdoch9805]

What a gallant Band of Brothers

[@danielw5850]

Well said, sir, history will judge the incredible restraint, within the rule of law, that brought terrorists to the the negotiating table and into the elected government; let them sing their tiresome "rebel songs", it is a civic society now.

[@kevinadamson7571]

I served with some welsh guards who were attached to us in Germany (Scots) and they were cracking lads even though you couldn,t understand the fuckers.

[@andrewjohnston4127]

Bloody hell Jones 45 😀 I worked with him in Pirbright in 2003/4. top bloke

[@Scoobz187]

*lol* Even ein Augenblick. His command of the German language is quite remarkable. ^^

[@archiepreston6503]

"A shagging disgrace"

[@Sidney1WG]

I would do that tour all over again if I could. Ex-3 Company, 1WG. (The better soldiers of the Battalion)😁😁😁

[@geordiewishart1683]

The red dragon gives a lead!!

[@Grenadier96]

Please tell me you know Duffy. Be difficult not to in fairness. The bloke was a one man Guards institution.

[@Fredders88]

'Rummaging in someone's garage' - aka seeing what to steal.

[@davej1952]

Has anyone got Home from the Hill by Molly Dineen? Hilary Hook of the 40 minutes series

[@Panzerbeast]

I wonder how many are still in?

[@belfastchild2643]

At a guess All of the O.R. ( Other ranks) would have done their time . Even those who did the full '22' year stint. I believe crispin black ended up as a Full Col.

[@callumgriffiths9880]

My dad is still in

[@fluffyfour]

@@belfastchild2643 According to WikiP, he was a Lt. Col, whose last post was as Security Advisor to the Cabinet Office. He left the army in 2002 by which time he had over 21 years service. Since then he's been an independent Security Advisor, written a few books and appeared on TV on security matters. Wiki's last dates for him are 2010, so maybe he decided to retire early? Would love to know.

[@barnabyg6808]

Not so sure about crispin but Captain Reese has ended up in Brussels doing some Eurocrat malarkey with British-Kenyan trade, doesn’t sound awfully like a vocational job to me but then he was in the army for less than 6 years...

[@stephen.s5089]

David Brent joins the British Army

[@rockinbillyboy]

Hahahahahaha!!!

[@robertchubb1518]

“..salt of the earth...”

[@johnfalconer5778]

What a bizarre crew of Brits, Carry on up the Leek patch. TAL

[@jamesurquhart1142]

So Crispin, an Englishman, wants to fly the Welsh national a flag in an RUC Station in Northern Ireland and objects to an RUC Sergeant telling him not to do so, I would suggest that Crispin is a particularly arrogant man.

[@billkeane528]

like all brits hes an asshole

[@kevinadamson7571]

@@billkeane528 tosser .

[@michaelnorton7882]

@@billkeane528 lacks spleen!

[@alvindurochermtl]

I bet any foreign corporation that sets up shop in Ireland would fly an Irish flag along with the flag of the company’s home country so what’s the fucking difference. Are Irishmen so insecured about who they are that a Welsh flag will tick them off. The fact that Crispin is an Englishman is utterly irrelevant.

[@DaChaGee]

@@billkeane528 All of them?

[@plumduff3303]

Back then we put up and shut up

[@MC14may]

Ahhh the Welsh national past time...watching their team get beat by us English 😂

[@user-zz5he1un4r]

RUC should be ashamed

[@paulmurphy122]

Spinal tap

[@Tellemore]

And the British wonder why they aren’t liked in Ireland?

[@geordiewishart1683]

They were in Northern Ireland. And were universally loved and adored

[@chrissheppard5068]

A wank unit.

[@middleclasssowellite9872]

Why would you say this? Just wondering, as someone with no military experience.

[@kevinadamson5768]

​@@middleclasssowellite9872probably because he probably tried and failed on the first day at the guards depot, most probably failed the kit check on the first day. 😂😂

[@paulgriffin5237]

hes a royal marine top mob@@kevinadamson5768

[@Grenadier96]

@@kevinadamson5768 cried on day 1, week 1, and left in week 2 D-Lines with a 'bad knee'.