There are around 55 villages in England called the 'Thankful Villages' where no one was killed serving in WW1, and a very few lost no one in WW1 or WW2. I have read that there are NO villages in France where no one was killed serving in WW1.
@anderspedersen7488 Жыл бұрын
Pleased to see Dr. Felton has liked your comment. It’s a good subject for a video.
@Matt67012 Жыл бұрын
@@anderspedersen7488 indeed it is, would make for an excellent historical analysis, the sheer loss french culture experienced alas.
@ottoskorzeny9805 Жыл бұрын
@@Matt67012French culture is on its knees 5 times a day praying to mecca
@lablackzed Жыл бұрын
@@ottoskorzeny9805They do the same in the UK or haven't you noticed.😮
@CatnamedMittens Жыл бұрын
Where'd you read the latter?
@marshaltito7232 Жыл бұрын
There's a 4.7 cm gun in my local park that recently there was a petition to have removed because it "promotes violence." Luckily, the petition failed, so it remains in memorial. There is a plaque on it that states, "Nothing signifies peace more than a silenced gun." Those that forget history.
@cornellkirk8946 Жыл бұрын
“Promotes violence”? 🤦♂️🤦♂️ yes because whenever i see a field gun I am overcome with the urge to be violent against others…. What a load of shite that is eh!? Glad the petition fell through
@Rusty_Gold85 Жыл бұрын
yeh it only takes 3 generations to forget the horrors of war
@PistaZOV Жыл бұрын
@@Rusty_Gold85 isn't it more like, 5 generations? Depends on the nation I guess, my family always had children in their early 20s/at 19 years old. My great-great-great grandfather was born in 1899 and fought as an ordinary rifleman, basically just young cannonfodder, he was shot in 1915 (no idea which battlefield, and we can't ask him anymore) through both cheeks, losing all but his front teeth, after which he was captured, given first aid by the germans and sent to Romania. He and his borther in law escaped execution at 19 years old, after being in captivity for almost 2 years. They dug out of their barracks/holding cell the day before they were scheduled to get shot. The building was on sandy soil and they dug the ground with their ration spoons (I know, very cliché, but they had to act fast and used whatever they had on hand), while observing for guards and being downwind from the guards, as to not get caught in the act. Then they snuck back to Hungary, going through the forests undetected, sleeping rough or being welcomed by Transylvanian homesteads for the night. He and his brother in law ate berries, stolen crops, kernels from horsedung or whatever the welcoming families gave them for the night. He and his girlfriend, later wife, then out of celebration, made my great-great grandfather the night after he came back home. They went on to live until 1986, brother in law I think until late 1970s, very long lives for an average hungarian male from a poor, farming family. Long story I know, but I'd like to leave a lasting story on the internet of him, since I don't want to forget how important history and stories from individual people are.
@bugsygoo Жыл бұрын
It sounds entirely reasonable to me not to display the weapons that slaughtered your children. That has nothing to do with forgetting history. No one is suggesting that the memorials be removed, just the glorification of war. If you want to see weapons, there are plenty of museums displaying them.
@PistaZOV Жыл бұрын
@@bugsygoo "[...] in my local park that recently there was a petition to have removed because it "promotes violence.[...]" Did you even read the comment? And no, to remember isn't meant for museums, yes it is one of their purposes, but it is mainly for study, knowledge and discovery of the past. That's why displaypieces in public spaces are there, to remember. And "slaughtered your children"? Even the grandkids of those who fell are themselves dead by now. This is just a political agenda by the left to remove all violence, even if that violence never has been a problem. There's a chapter about that in the great book 1984 by George Orwell. There is an audiobook version here on KZbin, you should probably listen to it in a while. It changed my stance on the world and definitely not in the wrong direction.
@Mis-AdventureCH Жыл бұрын
My town had a P-47 in the park. Some kid fell off it and broke his wrist. Before anyone knew what was going on the city sent it to a scrap yard. This was in the 60s. fast forward the same concern rose about an intact 4 gun naval 40mm mount. Again, it disapeared to the scrap yard, but the scrapper was suspicious. All of these items technically belong to the armed forces, in this case the US navy. They are "on loan." I started working my way through gate keepers and finally spoke to an admiral at the Pentagon. Stern letters were sent to the city, which forced the issue of what to do with that bit of park space. American Legion, VFW, and the city got together and came up with a plan to refurb the site and now we have a really nice memorial.
@chianghighshrek Жыл бұрын
The city officials are fucking criminals seriously what the fuck were they thinking i do hope they got thrown out of office in the nexted election
@istoppedcaring6209 Жыл бұрын
they should have been sued
@amecocoa3829 Жыл бұрын
One person can make a difference. Thank you for being that person.
@pretzelhunt Жыл бұрын
@@istoppedcaring6209 the Navy doesnt care.
@Mis-AdventureCH Жыл бұрын
@@istoppedcaring6209 Didn't require that. Between an admiral chiming in, the realization that it wasn't city property to be disposed of as they wished, a timely letter to the editor that I penned, it started the ball rolling in the right direction. Sometimes you just need to rattle the right cages, LOL.
@eltonjohnson1724 Жыл бұрын
Interesting enough, I saw a lot of old WW1 artillery pieces in Iraq when I did my first tour there with the US Army in 2004. A lot of them were at Ar Rustamiyah, the site of the Iraqi Military Academy. They were in pretty good conditions. The Iraqis do a good job of preserving weapons, vehicles, and equipment from earlier wars.
@mikebrase5161 Жыл бұрын
In the artillery park on Taji I took pictures of four German WW2 LeFh 18 10.5cm howitzers. They were Krupp dated 42-43. I'm guessing they came from Russia as they had Russian road wheels?
@eltonjohnson1724 Жыл бұрын
@@mikebrase5161 I was at Taji Military Training Base (TMTB) also in 2004. They had the big boneyard there were they had all the tanks, AFVs, and self-propelled artillery pieces from the Republican Guard divisions parked there. They even had a WW2 Sherman tank there and it was in good condition. Who knows where the Iraqis got all their stuff from but, I have to commend them, they kept everything in good condition.
@mikebrase5161 Жыл бұрын
@@eltonjohnson1724 yep 2004 was with 1st Cav. I also remember a US M-8:armored car over on the same road the tank school was on. We rat fucked one of those warehouses we got brand new Mah Deuce barrels still in the wrap. Another building was full of Swedish made artillery and Mortar aiming circles, yet another had Spanish 120mm mortar tubes baseplates and bipods stacked to the ceiling. 04-05 was a hoot.
@timmycolpman Жыл бұрын
not sure if its that they are good at preserving or more the dry conditions that preserve the stuff. Google the RAF P40 that was found in the desert in 2012 crashed 70 years before and that's a light Figher airframe
@tomhenry897 Жыл бұрын
Dry environment
@andysadventures3910 Жыл бұрын
Woollen knitted poppy on the aiming wheel of the Honing mortar was left by me in June 2022. Was following the East Anglian WW1 pillbox trail, leaving a knitted poppy at each location. Had a few extras with me and it seemed right to leave one here. Found it a moving experience to pass this German mortar on that trip quite by chance. Best wishes, enjoy your videos very much.
@markurban4766 Жыл бұрын
There is a 1915 Krupp 77mm field artillery piece in my hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut that's been on display in public parks there since the 1920's. It's currently under restoration. I understand that 5000 men from the local area served in the armed forces during WWI, including my great uncle.
@chianghighshrek Жыл бұрын
Yea theres quite a few artillery cannons in Connecticut the place were i live i by Pequot hospital and that Walmart there a navel cannon i think. ive seen it a few times
@Bailbondello5 ай бұрын
When I did ww2 reenacting, one of my old units guys lived in Waterbury and got a PAK40 that had been in a park for years, but the liberal city government got rid of it...I think the guy has the other one too, he's got a metal shop there in town. I know in Monson, Massachusetts, there's a german trench mortar on display.
@cammobunker Жыл бұрын
Here in the US there are buildings in many small towns and cities that were built by the Veterans of Foreign Wars fraternal organization, which was very large after WW1. Many of them had, and still have, either a German 77 or a French 75 out front, commemorating WW1. They usually exist under about 50 coats of paint of various green and gray shades, and are sometimes found missing major pieces. Most have the barrels filled with concrete and have the breeches welded shut, although I think filling the barrels had more to do with keeping birds from nesting in them and trash and debris out than making them safe. Most now sport a chain on stands around them and signs telling people to stay off. Still it's pretty cool to run across a French 75 with a 1915 build date outside the VFW hall in some sleepy little town.
@ElTejon47901 Жыл бұрын
One in Fowler, Indiana, county west of me.
@bellakaldera3305 Жыл бұрын
I can corroborate this.
@moosemaimer Жыл бұрын
There's still a gun on display in a park here in town, and yes, the paint was very thick the last time I looked closely. Greeley Park, Nashua NH
@johnmuellner8188 Жыл бұрын
There was a French 75 on display in the city park of Madelia Minnesota when I used to visit in the 1950s. Great fun to play on. A veteran’s group would show a box car full of WWI machine guns every fall at the Minnesota State Fair.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, at some point after WW2 these german weapons were also demilled. As if somebody was going to turn up with ammunition for this artillery and start shelling a nearby neighborhood with it. Just the actions of some more terrired small brained people with too much time on their hands.
@Roller_Ghoster Жыл бұрын
When you see the million plus subscribers Mark Felton has it makes me feel good as I now know Im not the only military history nerd in the world.
@TheSaltydog07 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see you! We have a wonderful community here. The Comments are fascinating, educational, and sometimes heartbreaking, as we are speaking of war, mostly.
@Critter145 Жыл бұрын
There are at least two of us. 💯
@willum_1618 Жыл бұрын
@Bigga Nigga mate whats your point you don’t have to have a phd to enjoy history
@t.wcharles2171 Жыл бұрын
Bordering on 2 million
@jellydough90 Жыл бұрын
Good to know I’m not the only Mark Felton nerd in the world
@user-jw7cq6gu6o Жыл бұрын
This has amazed me. Here in Australia, it is actually rather unusual for an Australian town or city to not have a captured German gun from World War One. About 20 years ago a friend conducted a survey of artillery still standing as memorials in parks around Australia. She was surprised to discover over 2,000! That is because here the Commonwealth Government of Australia distributed more than 5,000 of these trophies to suburbs and towns throughout Australia. The first gun captured, and the first to be turned into a memorial, was a gun from the German raider Emden, captured by HMAS Sydney in 1914 and placed at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park in Sydney. Mark mentions the hostility of members of the public in Britain to trophy guns as war memorials. We had that here as well but to a far lesser extent. Some communities refused to accept the guns on the grounds that they would not display objects that had been used to kill Australians, but some communities felt slighted when they were offered a small gun and asked for more guns or larger caliber guns so to better reflect the degree to which their community contributed to the war effort.
@PlasmaDavid Жыл бұрын
A large (for WA, so 2000 people) country town in my neck of the woods has a colonial era cannon, Krupp 7.5 artilery, minenwerfer and bofors all in one small park. I joking call it the Western Australian strategic artillery reserve.
@JonnoHR31 Жыл бұрын
@@PlasmaDavid Which town is that?
@Cubic5 Жыл бұрын
I once saw something about guns captured in South Africa during the Boer War. Do you know of any of those?
@ktipuss Жыл бұрын
That Hyde Park gun from SMS Emden was acquired from that ship during WW1 after it had beached damaged on Cocos Island after losing to HMAS Sydney 1 on 9th November 1914. Cocos Island is now Australian territory. Emden was not sunk, so several items were able to be retrieved from the ship, including two other similar guns, one now in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the other at Sydney's Garden Island naval base.
@user-jw7cq6gu6o Жыл бұрын
@@Cubic5 There is a Krupp 75 mm field gun (1897) captured during the Boer War at the Botanic Garden in Perth, Western Australia.
@dondouglass6415 Жыл бұрын
A fascinating video. In 2008 me, my wife (at the time😂) and my kids were on holiday in Crete and while out on a drive through a small village, we came across a Bofors anti aircraft gun, clearly positioned as a memorial. I was intrigued and while my wife was totally disinterested, me and my kids decided to have a play. It was fantastic, it still traversed and elevated and the foot pedal trigger was pushable. Can't imagine this in UK... My kid's loved it and I had to lever them off it... 😂
@Trek001 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if there had been one in the spout, you fired and down comes a Lufthansa flying overhead
@gabrielv.43582 ай бұрын
@@Trek001 Sorry I laughed
@BB-yr6gg Жыл бұрын
In Brisbane, Australia there is a WW1 trophy tank, the Mephisto. The sole surviving German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank in the world, is displayed at the Queensland Museum.
@kdegraa Жыл бұрын
I don’t think this tank counts as it’s in a museum.
@thatsme9875 Жыл бұрын
it is a great piece of history, and a tribute to the souvenir collecting abilities of Aussie diggers !.. on a related note, in the Australian Aviation Museum in Oakey on the Darling Downs (west of Brisbane), is a pristine U.S. Cessna Bird Dog from the Vietnam conflict, which was "liberated" by mechanics from the Australian Airforce, repaired, and shipped back to Australia in pieces, only to be re-assembled for the museum.
@tomtexas4897 Жыл бұрын
@@kdegraadespite it being in a museum, it was actually sent over to AUS as a trophy by the unit that ran across it. So it would still count as a trophy tank
@hieronymusbosch9421 Жыл бұрын
There is also a German WW1 field gun on public display outside the old Treasury building in the heart of Brisbane.
@BB-yr6gg Жыл бұрын
Just remembered there is an Austrian-Hungary 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 field gun that was captured from the Ottoman Army in 1918 and donated to the Brisbane Grammar school by an old boy as a memorial.
@eugenesummers8645 Жыл бұрын
Growing up in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, my brothers and friends and I used to get inside the WWII Sherman tank on display at the 28th Division Shrine; the name on the side was "Sweet Sioux". Even as pre-teens, we could barely fit inside of it, and would often bang our heads when trying to move around at more than a sloth's pace. That lone vehicle gave us enormous appreciation for what WWII Soldiers endured, much more than a textbook would have imparted.
@helixator3975 Жыл бұрын
It’s very similar in Australia with memorial guns in many towns. In 1914 the Australian population was around found and half million, and 416,809 enlisted, just under 10% of the pre war population and about 40% of the total male population aged between 18 and 44. Casualty rates for ANZACS were amongst the highest in the empire. Pretty much every town and suburb lost men
@leegilley221 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing just the other day i learned their were 26 million Aussies now and Australia is the 6th largest country in land mass, something i never knew. Many thanks for all those who served and paid the ultimate price for our freedoms we enjoy today. Australia will never be forgotten ! 💝 from the United States.
@divarachelenvy Жыл бұрын
lest we forget... Fellow Aussie here... WW1 sure did affect us bigtime...
@sparkyfromel Жыл бұрын
in a corner of Sydney Hyde park , facing Whitlam square there is a gun from the Emden cruiser which was destroyed in 1914 by the HMAS Sydney
@crimsontiger6 Жыл бұрын
I've travelled extensively around Australia and almost every small town has a WW1 digger memorial with many names of the fallen. I've been to places where the towns have gone but the memorial remains. Sadly many have additional plaques for WW2, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The most surprising one was a park on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere that had a memorial and a Canberra bomber. The bomber was high on a pylon but the crew hatch looked serviceable. I always planned to go back with a ladder to have a look but never did. It was in remarkably good nick too.
@warwickmudge4114 Жыл бұрын
It's true, back when I was a kid even the smallest country town got a good turn out come Anzac day.
@tebo1958 Жыл бұрын
By contrast, in the US there are many American Civil War (1860-65) cannon that survived and often sit in the open on various battlefield parks. Admittedly, smaller than WWI or WWII guns, these pieces survived both the war and devastation encountered in the southern US.
@SSN515 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. I was going to say that you can barely drive through a old Southern or Northern town or village where there isn't a Civil War gun and memorial.
@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын
And you know what? The bronze Civil War cannon can still be used today! Some show up at Civil War re-enactments. One original piece is used for firing demonstrations at the Petersburg VA battlefield park. The iron ones can still be used too if you're conservative with the powder charge.
@dp-sr1fd Жыл бұрын
When I was in Tennessee we went to a public park where there were bronze cannon all over the place. The field carriages were replicas but the barrels were original. Those bronze barrels would not last five minutes in the UK without being stolen for scrap.
@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын
@@dp-sr1fd You know, when I was in the Petersburg park and saw all the bronze cannon on outdoor display I asked one of the park rangers if they were concerned about theft of the guns, considering the scrap value. What he told me was: "Well, not really. First off those barrels weight over 1,000 pounds so bringing in the equipment to steal them would make you pretty obvious. However, every once in a while someone comes in here who doesn't realize the guns are on welded steel carriages that can't be towed. How do we know this? Ususally we find a car bumper chained to one of the cannons when we make the rounds first thing in the morning! Someone tries to tow away one of the gun and loses a part of his car!" 🤣🤣🤣
@dp-sr1fd Жыл бұрын
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 The Pykies over here will find a way ,don't you worry about that. If they can steal war memorials and sculptures made of bronze they would make short work of those barrels believe me.
@sneakybeak4032 Жыл бұрын
Very pleased to have played a small part in providing some footage for this video. We need more engaging historians like Dr Mark Felton who make history Accessible!
@saintuk70 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I lived in Campbeltown and walked passed that piece so many times during the 80's and 90's, didn't realise. Even now, in my 50's, every day is a learning day.
@lucianbadescu4341 Жыл бұрын
There is a German field gun on display in my home town of Milton Ontario, Canada. It was captured on September 27th 1918 in the Arras Cambrai road northwest of Raillencourt. The gun was firing against Canadian 3rd infantry battalion, 1st brigade, 1st Canadian division. The gun is displayed in our park, dedicated to Queen Victoria, Victoria Park. The gun number is 9563. And yes, kids of all ages play around, on top under and around the gun. Also it serves as a gathering place on Nov 11, Remembrance Day.
@nobodyspecial4702 Жыл бұрын
The town I live in in the US has 2 captured guns in their WW1 memorial. The next town over has 4 in theirs.
@Mercurywheeler Жыл бұрын
..and you only came in 1917, imagine Central Europe and France, Russia..
@minuteman4199 Жыл бұрын
Worthington Park, at Canadian Forces base Borden in Ontario, Canada is a very large collection of trophy guns and tanks. It's on an army base so it's not really public, but I think there is public access. It's a combination open air museum and war memorial, named after the founder of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
@A-classic-smithy Жыл бұрын
Technically it is public, the gate guards at most only ask if you are there to see the museum. The museum itself is also amazing.
@BouncingZeus Жыл бұрын
It is such a shame so few of these are left on public display.
@Hairnicks Жыл бұрын
Mark, you never fail to astound me, more snippets of history missed over my 66 years of interest in both world wars, absolutely loved learning about trophy guns, thank you so much. Actually, it's only about 60 years as I was pretty dumb until I was about six.
@garymarkham4167 Жыл бұрын
There are many German guns throughout Australia displayed in cities and towns...Not far from my home in Sydney there is a spectacular German field gun raised on a plinth at a crossroad on Canterbury Road....At most RSLs (Ex servicemans Clubs) there are 25 Pounders...Bofors...Tanks.. Etc...Thanks for your great Videos Mark...Lest We Forget.
@HummelJaeger Жыл бұрын
For the past 100 years my local park has had on a stone plinth a WW1 trophy - a German trench mortar. It was recently restored by some preservation experts.
@anaturalheel Жыл бұрын
As you mentioned, Canada received over a thousand. Of which, where I've lived for 13 years, we have a WW1 Era German Field Gun (might be an Artillery piece, though it looks a bit too small to be in) in Redcliff, Alberta next to the Redcliff Legion.
@Dave_Sisson Жыл бұрын
A 7.7 cm field gun is preserved near the railway station in my home town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. It was relocated there in 2001 from the original site on a hill overlooking the town. There was also a German machine gun in the town museum (not sure if it's still there) and *possibly* a big gun in Victory Park, which was created from a portion of the town market square which had fallen out of use by 1920.
@D402DDS Жыл бұрын
There is a gun from the Boer War in Devonport Park, Plymouth known locally as the Doris Gun.
@davidbourgault1369 Жыл бұрын
Always love WW1 content. A fine video as always. My great-grandfather, John Jessop, fought with the KOYLI at the Battle of Passchendaele and I imagine he was subjected to bombardment from these very guns. He not only endured mustard gas but was shot through one cheek and the round went clean through the other side. The wound remained for the rest of his relatively short life. My nan recollected that she and her siblings would poke at it as he sat in a chair reading or smoking. He found it quite humorous, apparently, especially when considering how he cheated death by mere inches. He died prematurely, when my nan was still young. We think the gas finally took its toll. I think about him often and even wrote a story about him and his unit in an Advanced Composition class at University.
@wilhelmvillagracia9670 Жыл бұрын
Oh great it's History lesson time with Dr. Felton, on a Friday non the less.......Thank you Mark for a great early Father's Day present.
@elvenkind6072 Жыл бұрын
When is Father's Day? (hoping I'll be celebrated for once)
@wilhelmvillagracia9670 Жыл бұрын
@elvenkind6072 this Sunday mate.
@elvenkind6072 Жыл бұрын
@@wilhelmvillagracia9670 Thanks! I should start flood the inbox of my son with "poor old dad" msg's JK!! 😀 Thanks for the feedback mate! 🙂
@petershen6924 Жыл бұрын
Outside the Headquarter of U.S Fleet Activities Sasebo, there is a pair of WW2 Japanese Type 94 Mountain Guns on display. Not sure they were captured during battle or acquired during occupation.
@paultapner2769 Жыл бұрын
There were a handful of villages that didn't lose anyone in World War one and thus never had memorials to the dead. . Fifty three of them, known as 'Thankful villages.' Fourteen of the English and Welsh ones became 'doubly thankful' villages because they didn't lose anyone in the second world war either. This includes Langton Herring in Dorset. I went there once, in 2012. It's a strange little place, because without a war memorial at the centre, it feels so oddly laid out. When it comes to kids climbing on things; Growing up in the 70's, in Poole in Dorset, the local shopping centre had three wooden animals on display. A fish. A tortoise. And one other. They were big enough you could climb on them or crawl through them. Used to enjoy those. But as the years went by they got put in storage after renovations. They are now back where they were, but blocked off so nobody can get on them. I'm a qualified health and safety inspector, and I'd allow it. Sometimes you have to let kids be kids. So long as parents take responsibility. And why do I have a horrible feeling that, despite the keep off signs in the video, people are getting on those guns anyway and taking selfies? Not a gun, but St James church in the centre of Poole does have the first union jack to be flown over Paris after it's liberation.
@onehopeofthedoomed Жыл бұрын
In Canada most military bases have "gate guards", guns or vehicles at the entrances but are often Commonwealth equipment. However along the roads inside the bases themselves are often far more vehicles, guns or aircraft on display and anyone can go and view. Usually they are owned and taken care of by one of the units at the base or sometimes by a small museum there. Anything outside like that is free to view. For example in Petawawa 2RCHA has a French 75 and WWII German 15cm sFH18 outside regimental HQ. CFB Borden has a fare sized museum and has tanks scattered all over the base such as a Hetzer, Sherman flail, and a Wirblewind which I understand to be going through a complete to operational restoration.
@cameronmccreary4758 Жыл бұрын
In Placer County, CA we have only U.S. manufactured cannons, 37mm Pom Pom guns and other smaller guns from WWI, usually secured at the two (2) Veterans halls. None are found at the National Guard Armory. Thanks Mark for explaining this business of displaying the weapons of the "Great War."
@Legio__X Жыл бұрын
Dr Felton, the fact you continue to produce top tier historical content this regularly is nothing short of astounding. You’re videos always deliver, being simultaneously entertaining and informative. You are second to none in this genre on KZbin… Thank you for all your hard work, it’s much appreciated 👏🏻🤝🏻
@gordonhulcombe9604 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree, with your comment!
@andy231964 Жыл бұрын
Mark, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra has a large warehouse building in a industrial area in a outer suburb, anything that cant be displayed or stored at the AWM is stored there. In this warehouse is stored many large items, some aircraft, helecopters, a V2 rocket but the most numerous item on the floor, maybe a 100. is WW1 field pieces, some of them have information sheets telling which Regiment captured item. Some of them were lost to the enemy and later recaptured. This building is open to the public maybe once a year.
@HeisenbergFam Жыл бұрын
Its crazy how a lot of the old equipment is still used today in certain wars
@starzkream Жыл бұрын
I know! There are WW2 tanks, even WW1 era machine guns being used in Ukraine! It just shows how well these weapons were manufactured, build to endure hardship.
@starzkream Жыл бұрын
@Bigga Nigga You keep track of that?
@petershen6924 Жыл бұрын
@@starzkream my 1903 pockethammerless, manufactured in 1917, still in excellent working condition.
@starzkream Жыл бұрын
@@petershen6924 Colt? That is a nice piece!
@kdegraa Жыл бұрын
Any gun or armoured fighting vehicle is better than nothing.
@budprepper3811 Жыл бұрын
I believe a 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 was in Clarinda Iowa (USA) for many years at the national guard armory. We played on it as kids in the 60s. I think sometime in the 1970s it was sold off to a private collector. Not sure but I never saw it again.
@UltraGwyl10 ай бұрын
My old school Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada also has a trophy gun. It is a 7.7-cm Feldkanone 16 captured by Canadian soldiers. It was sent to the school in 1924 to commemorate the 61 Old Ridleians killed in WW1. We have a wall with their names on it and we hold a memorial service in their honour annually on Remembrance Day.
@dangernuzzles4568 Жыл бұрын
Hey Mr Felton. There is actually a couple of German field guns from WW1 near where I live in Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I was very surprised when me and my friend saw them on display in a park. It is so cool that history has made it all the way to Western Canada.
@davesherry5384 Жыл бұрын
There are quite a few here in New Zealand. Among them a pair of submarine guns at the Auckland War memorial museum sitting outside, so also free to view.
@scottscott4674 Жыл бұрын
I believe there is a WWI trophy Germany artillery piece (replete with bullet holes) in the town square of my little town in North Carolina.
@ELMS Жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely right about these trophy guns disappearing. There were two trophy field cannons in front of the headquarters building at Canadian Forces Base Greisbach in Edmonton. They could be clearly seen by traffic driving down the nearby main road. In time the base was closed and turned into a housing development and the cannons…well…who knows?
@judgedredd8657 Жыл бұрын
They are in storage at CFB Edmonton
@bmpsmedia Жыл бұрын
The American Legion post in the small Illinois town my mother grew up in has a German WW1 15cm Krupp Field Gun and barrel carrier, along with a 1913 German Howitzer. We climbed all over them in the 1980's and 90's.
@mass55th75 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. My great-uncle served with the 38th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces in France during WWI. He died, aged 24, on September 10, 1918 of machine gun fire while crossing the Arras-Cambrai Road during the Canada's Hundred Days Offensive between 8 August and 11 November 1918. He's buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.
@rolandbrouwer Жыл бұрын
How nice to see a WW1 video for a change ;-) I'm from the Netherlands and a big fan of your KZbin channel, although we stayed neutral during WW1 we have the most beautiful War Trophy ever. A stern piece of The Royal Charles which was taken back to Holland after The raid on the Medway, 356 years ago. It's on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
@dragons123ism Жыл бұрын
My small country town in Australia is lucky enough to have three German WWI guns - a 77mm, a 100mm and a 150mm. Another very small town called Beechworth has a Greek artillery piece from the same war
@Desguiser Жыл бұрын
I'm from a small country town in Queensland, Australia and we have a War Memorial with a 1903 75mm German 'Krupp' Field Gun on display. 270 men from the surrounding area fought in World War 1. A sacrifice I hope we will never have to make again. Lest We Forget. Remember ...That freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it - Pericles (A quote from our War Memorial)
@cameronnewton7053 Жыл бұрын
Do you mind if a fellow Aussie asks Where? Because I know a local town that has a gun that looks somewhat similar to some of the German field guns mentioned, but I don't know if it is actually German.
@neilmanhard1341 Жыл бұрын
I took a New Jersey Transit Bus from Somerville, NJ to the Port Authority building in New York City, and (I don't know where) saw an FT-17 tank on display in front of a VFW building. This bus route was the local not the express route. Many of the VFW and American Legion buildings display weapons but I think are mostly American. In front of the Somerville, NJ courthouse, I believe are two 57mm Anti-tank guns (British 6 pounders).
@adrhynnes3 ай бұрын
Thomas Kavanaugh VFW Post 2290, Mannville, NJ. is the home of the tank you saw.
@emperorfloch Жыл бұрын
Always a good time when we get a new Mark Felton upload! 🙌🏼😁
@Mongooseonthaloose Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Canada in a small town a hour south of Montreal and all the small towns had German WW1 field guns of some sort in them, usually outside the legion. In one town, Knowlton, Quebec, there is a very small historical society that had a few on display and inside they had one of only a few surviving original Fokker DIIV. I remember learning a lot about the Great War in our Canadian history classes. It was always something Canadians were proud of. Great video!
@LANDYMAN090 Жыл бұрын
Mark i don’t know if you know that here in Ashford (Kent) we have a Mk IV tank. Here something from the Wikipedia page A Mk. IV tank built in Lincoln and used in World War I was presented to the town on 1 August 1919 to thank the townsfolk for their war efforts. It is situated in St Georges Square near the town centre. For some years, electricity provider Seeboard fitted an electricity substation inside the tank, but this has now been removed; the substation is cited as the reason the tank was not reclaimed during World War II for its metal to be used, as happened with other tanks gifted to municipalities.[134] A protective cover was built over the tank in 1988.[135] Hope you find this useful.
@seanbumstead1250 Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather fought with Canadian 1st Division,7th brigade,princess Patricia's Canadian light infantry
@stefanschleps8758 Жыл бұрын
Excellent subject Professor Felton! This is another of those rare instances where my own experiences run parallel to the videos subject matter. When my family arrived in the United States we first found temporary accommodations on what had been Camp Meade. During WWI almost a half million soldiers got their first taste of Army life, and Cavalry life here. After WWI the Yanks brought back many a souvenir, on Camp Meade they brought two of these cannons shown in this video. They sat at one of the base entrances, this particular entrance was the eastern end of Rt. 198. Because we went to middle school on base, for three years our buses past by those cannon every school day. Thanks to you I now know something of their back story. (As a kid I fantasized taking the cannon home to play with!) BTW, many years after WWI, Camp Meade became Ft. Meade, and on the 4th of November 1952 the National Security Agency found its permanent home there. Incidentally in March 1929 Camp Meade became Fort George G. Meade. (How the name changed is an interesting political story!) Thanks again Mark!
@DazBull26 Жыл бұрын
There are 2 large field trophy guns from WW1 on the isle of Guernsey, opposite the fire station.
@corneliakashigawi5743 Жыл бұрын
Hey Mark Felton I found an interesting story in Australia that might interest you, a grandson of a WW1 vet found a family heirloom that is the compass in the only remaining WW1 German tank left
@MrM-or6uh9 ай бұрын
excuse my cusiosity, but how would you use a compass on a magnetic steel tank?
@kearnsey64 Жыл бұрын
There is one in Andover, Massachusetts. The wheels were replaced in early 2000's and it sits in the town park next to the town hall. My father said it was there when he was a kid in the late 20's. It is around 7.7 cm. field gun made by Krupp.
@thePrussian Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! You give a perspective that most overlook. I have relatives that served in WWI as well as WWII from both sides is the conflict. I am jealous that you get to explore history as I cannot. Thank you for your channel from the bottom of my heart! You are the reason that we will not ( hopefully) repeat history. Huzzah!
@TheBudgetOutdoorsman Жыл бұрын
During War for independence (break up of Yugoslavia 90-95) Croatian army as it was under weapons embargo used (with great effect) few of Austro-Hungarian WW1 howitzers and coastal battery guns. Biggest was 310 mm 😅
@1220b Жыл бұрын
My town had many ww1 guns. But they were all scrapped in the late 1920s
@popeyesfanmail7942 Жыл бұрын
Love the videos man! Each one amazes me with something new!
@martiniv8924 Жыл бұрын
Grandfather died of his wounds when brought back home (gangerene) in WW1 (Warwickshire)
@basillicus3959 Жыл бұрын
There is a huge number of WW1 guns around in Finland. For example my high school has a 75mm/76mm/3inch howitzer, don't remember the exact model (maybe Brittish QF 18-pounder). Then at the artillery brigade at Niinisalo there were quite many different models on display. If I remember correctly, NCO school was responsible of a German 21cm m/17 which had been later used by the Finnish Army in WW2.
@joanofarc1338 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting bits of history. We visited Scotland in April, and were touched by the many statues standing in almost every small town and hamlet we drove through in honor of the fallen of The Great War. It was very sad really, especially when just 21 years later these same villages were asked to send more of their men to serve in yet another World War. Lest we forget💔
@Bradly197 Жыл бұрын
Ditto sentiments. Thank you all who helped Dr F with this. Means more than I can convey.
@kennysherrill6542 Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video Professor, you never disappoint. We have here a Japanese 75 mm gun from WW2, I've played on it as well as my siblings, I have pictures of my own children on it and grandchildren. That gun is located in a park in Visalia, California, in Reedley, California at the cemetery there is a WW1 105 mm canon that was made in Germany and brought here as a trophy. Some where in a park here in California is a WW1 Renault tank but it's Ben so long ago I can't remember where. Also in nearby Lindsey, California in a park is a WW1 Navy gun, American, played on that as well. Very well done Sir and always enjoy your well thought out work. ✌️
@25843 Жыл бұрын
There is a 106mm Krupp gun on display in Gonzales, Texas. This is also the town where the first battle of the Texas Revolution occurred, in which Mexican soldiers came to capture a small cannon which the settlers were gifted several years before to fend off Native American raids. When the soldiers arrived in the town, the local militia responded by brandishing a white flag bearing the words “Come and Take it” with a depiction of the cannon below. The Texan militia routed the Mexican troops and later fought during the defense of the Alamo. This cannon is also on display in the museum in Gonzales.
@excalipurr101 Жыл бұрын
It was a pleasure assisting you with the photos for this video Dr Felton, I'm so glad that the U-19 Deck Gun here in Northern Ireland got some recognition. If I may, I'd like to offer some suggestions for topics that I would love to see covered from WWII. 1) The Bari Port Incident 2) The Sinking of the SS Thistlegorm 3) The Battle of Kerch You're amazing Mark, I love your content. Keep up the good work.
@SiVlog1989 Жыл бұрын
In a way, could the metal used to make every Victoria Cross (the highest award for gallantry, made from bronze of a captured Russian Cannon in Sevastapol from the Crimean War), is in a way an alternate use of a "Trophy Gun,"
@philippaswanborough6654 Жыл бұрын
Was a tad surprised to hear my parents home town, Romsey mentioned. Never knew that the gun in Memorial park was a trophy gun. They also have a statue created a few years ago in the same park, of a WW1 soldier and his horse, as this site was a Remount Centre, its quite a moving piece. Thanks so much for this interesting topic.
@freelancenerd4804 Жыл бұрын
Great video and a really good community!!! Very cool to get to see them, I doubt I’ll be in England anytime soon. ✌🏼
@andrefiset3569 Жыл бұрын
There's a 105 mm K 17 in Quebec city which was destroyed by his crew. They put a round in the nozzle, one in the breech and fired it, killing at least two of them in the process.
@stevee7467 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I live in a village where twenty one men were called up to serve in WW1. They all return to the village. We are one of the thankful villagers in England.
@YMC888 Жыл бұрын
Great way to start the weekend Dr Felton! Thank you 🎉
@Stauffer42 Жыл бұрын
There is a church about half an hour North from where I live (I'm in North East Ontario Canadian) that has a cenotaph with two German Maxim machine guns either side of it. I have seen field guns here aswell, but there are rare just like in the UK. The Legion in Madoc (also 30 minutes from me) had another German Maxim atop the roof Haha. They also have a field gun (or maybe a mortar I forget) next door next to the old armories building.
@RememberNineEleven Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in Australia most of the big country towns had trophy guns either outside the Returned Soldiers League (RSL) clubs or in local parks. I can remember playing on some big naval guns (now removed) located at South Head on Sydney Harbour.
@Rusty_Gold85 Жыл бұрын
In Adelaide they were British 25 Pounders outside .I wonder if the same up there ?
@RememberNineEleven Жыл бұрын
@@Rusty_Gold85 Yep, I remember a 25 pounder outside the Rose Bay RSL and other Eastern suburbs RSL clubs.
@danplimmer3798 Жыл бұрын
Hopewell Cape in New Brunswick, Canada has 2 WW1 trophy guns in the town square in front of the Albert County Museum. The locals and the armorers at CFB Gagetown have done a nice job of maintaining them. They are in fine shape.
@fordfairlane662dr Жыл бұрын
Couldn't come at a better time I love watching history Mark Felton number one on my watch list❤
@Horizon344 Жыл бұрын
My town in Surrey had one in the early 1920's on a road traffic island that would later become the site of the WW1 war memorial. Not sure why it was taken away but it was gone by the early '30's. Interesting to hear some veterans were against them given they were martial symbols of their victory - this antagonism is a warning about how unpredictable war's consequences can be once let loose. Well made film.
@paulsilva3346 Жыл бұрын
Mark the Australian Armor and Artillery Museum on KZbin has several guns in their collection. One gun recently restored to museum-quality.
@Alan.livingston Жыл бұрын
Their channel is a treasure trove for anyone interested in military equipment. If anyone is ever in northern Australia it’s an amazing museum to visit with a truely world class collection.
@bobsmith2637 Жыл бұрын
Canada is the same, every little town has a war memorial. Some of the more remote monuments no longer have towns around them, the people left after the mine or mill that supported the town closed down.
@George-romanul1918 Жыл бұрын
Another great video from Dr Felton! Great stuff
@yuglesstube Жыл бұрын
I work right across from the Tank and Artillery Museum in Cairns, Australia. Its a massive collection. Very impressive. I think ill go on Monday.
@nathanielwowchuk6880 Жыл бұрын
In a small-town Alberta museum, there are two captured mg08/15s. Both have some writing on them, noting the units who captured them.
@vintages10 Жыл бұрын
For years ( and I believe still) there was a Minenwerfer on display outside of Branch 17, Royal Canadian Legion, Sydney, Nova Scotia. I remember first seeing it in the 1960s and I always thought it was a Canadian/Commonwealth weapon until this video. And yes it was part of the Remembrance Memorial. Thank you for the video.
@MrMickbra Жыл бұрын
In the city where I live, there were two German artillery pieces from World War 1. The left wing council in the early 1970s decided they glorified war, removed and buried them. A later council decided to excavate them and put them back on display, however when they went looking for them, they were gone. The general feeling is that they are sitting in someone’s shed.
@SSN515 Жыл бұрын
Or sold to a scrap dealer.
@SStupendous Жыл бұрын
Don't see how they glorify war. Not sure how many are getting nationalistic feelings of "Wow! We took these cannons from an enemy and defeated them!" Like some here are saying either.
@jayfelsberg1931 Жыл бұрын
The American Legion Post 28 in my home town of Absecon NJ had two Model 1914 Hotchkiss heavy machine guns in front of the legion a=hall. My father was a member, and we boys spent a lot time sitting the seats and playing machine gunner. They were coated in thick silver paint. The mounts were set in concrete.
@browngreen933 Жыл бұрын
In my US Midwestern hometown there's an Austro-Hungarian field gun similar to the gun at 5:30. A friend of mine claims he fired it using match heads for gunpowder, a can filled with cement for a projectile, and a long hobby fuse out the barrel to ignite it. They loaded it up and lit the fuse and then ran into the cemetery next door to watch. When the gun went off with a bang people on the street couldn't understand what happened. Probably they are still wondering. 😅😅😅😅
@terrencemolinari Жыл бұрын
We have a minenweffer in front of the old Bridgeport, Connecticut courthouse on Golden Hill.
@robertbrodie5183 Жыл бұрын
i understand some 1st gulf war trophies (tanks and guns) have been picked over for spares for ukranie
@ducati27012 Жыл бұрын
There was a 7.7 at the VFW in Dublin Ga around about 1995. It was a1917 Krupp gun. It disappeared sometime in1999-2000 not sure what happened to it. I just remember looking at it and thinking this was a rare piece.
@VEGA3alp Жыл бұрын
There is a Krupp 210mm M10 Howitzer in Childers. A small town in Queensland Australia, which to my knowledge had the sad distinction of having one of the highest death rates of all Australian battalions. It sat in the open until about ten years ago then was fully restored and is now sheltered. I have photos of the gun if anybody would like them.
@DonDiesel885 Жыл бұрын
Oooo @3:25 Has Always been one of my all-time favorites❕ Hey Mark big fan - not sure if you read these but I wanted send big thanks 4 all the content, most definitely appreciate all your hard work my brother.
@arandonmusicvenue9431 Жыл бұрын
Three german WW1 gun that were formally trophy guns (two of them stood in Blairgowrie) are held by Historic Environment Scotland at Fort George but are not on public display. Another gun can be found in Scotland in rather unusual circumstances. At Millport on the island of great Cumbrae in the firth of clyde there were once two german guns. One was said to have been thrown into the sea but the other was used to shore up the seawall in a park. The gun is now partially exposed in the bank and is a 15cm. schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 (15cm. s.F.H. “02). It is possible the other suffered the same fate. The only other known gun to survive that I have come across in Scotland is in the Tomintoul musem. Pieces of a gun may exist at St Boswell in the Scottish Borders on the river bank of the Tweed but no one has been able to confirm the location. At least five WW1 british guns still stand guard on the coast of the Shetlands and St Kilda in their original emplacements having never been recovered after the war.
@krisfrederick5001 Жыл бұрын
"People knew nothing of its history" Is how so many now do, and why Dr. Felton will go down as legendary. Ace.
@heatherporterfield7343 Жыл бұрын
Bless those who gave their last full measure in defense of their homelands.
@migueldelacruz4799 Жыл бұрын
I'm happy some of them survived the great metal purge.
@thetruth1862 Жыл бұрын
I never thought about it , but being a veteran in any war, the last thing you would want to see is a huge cannon that used to shoot at you.
@TonyBongo869 Жыл бұрын
Many war memorials in Canada had a field gun or two and/or German machine guns as gate guardians. There is a refurbished field gun captured by the 7th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, located in public space outside the Kelowna BC museum.
@elvenkind6072 Жыл бұрын
Let me be one of those braindead guys that scream out: FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! But seriously, good job Dr. Felton, I'm honestly in awe of the things you mange you find, to make into educational subjects! They have millions upon millions of subscribers for people that only fill KZbin with silly garbage, so I hope reasonable people can bother to press like and subscribe and make you someone more people will start listen to, instead of all the mindless blabber everywhere. Have a great weekend everyone, from Alv and my cat, Norway. 🙂
@dksdg Жыл бұрын
Great timing I just visited a very sobering memorial with a small Krupp gun in Kelowna, BC. The whole memorial is outside with all the battles men from there fought in during the Great War.
@billbrockman779 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating history. I always wonder at the short sighted thinking that seems to affect decision makers when carelessly disposing of irreplaceable artifacts.
@oneshotme Жыл бұрын
There use to be one in a town we passed through for years in my childhood but about 15 years ago I went through it again and it wasn't there anymore sadly