Sharpe Confronts Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood | Sharpe

[@RS250Squid]

Taking Pride in having grown up 14 miles from Sean Bean? Now that's Sheffielding.

[@RS250Squid]

@Jack Tangles "Best" isn't a word that has any meaning any more. I'm sure foundries all over the world can make cutlery and many can make it with stainless steel. But only one city in the world has the right to make cutlery, blades, tools, stamped "Sheffield Steel" or "Made in Sheffield". Our metalworks industry is small indeed now, but it's there. And its products bear the name.

[@RS250Squid]

@Jack Tangles You'd have to ask someone else for the specifics. Sheffield has a long and storied history in metalworking, and in days gone by the city was filled from horizon to horizon with steelworks, metalworks, manufactories, finishing plants and the like. We were a global powerhouse of industry. These days, Sheffield's role has turned towards a partnership between the city's two universities, and local high-tech companies such as Boeing and Rolls Royce. Sheffield's industry has expertise in nuclear reactor fabrication and design and a newly emerging reputation for specialist precision manufacturing. Sheffield is also home to a variety of fast expanding IT companies and service providers. So the city really is diversifying itself. But still now, there is still The Worshipful Company of Cutlers, in Hallamshire (a geographical definition that is archaic enough to have no real meaning any more) with its quarters in the city center, that cements Sheffield's continued status as a premier manufacturer of very high quality cutlery, blades, and steel. I work in IT though, not in fabrication or in the steel industry. There are people better qualified than me to answer your questions. Give Quora a try, maybe (no, sincerely) :-)

[@RS250Squid]

@Jack Tangles I've done VERY little research, but it looks like the actual business end of your set of cutlery was manufactured, stamped, sharpened in Sheffield from Sheffield steel. My guess is after the blades or other pieces were made and stamped, they were shipped to Australia, where they were further finished, fitted with handles etc, and sold under the name 'Grosvenor', which is a trading name for the Australian company Mytton Rodd. It looks like your old cutlery has Australian finishings and fixings, but the actual steelwork and bladework was done in Sheffield.

[@RS250Squid]

@Jack Tangles That's quite awesome. Genuine Sheffield Plate is pretty old these days. Silver-on-copper Sheffield Plate is the gold (if you'll excuse the misnomer) standard. From 1820 onwards, German silver (silver on a base of 60% copper/20% nickel/20% zinc) was the new go to standard. 1840 is when the rolling of and creation of Sheffield Plate largely stopped, and for mass production, we just went over to electroplating, directly depositing silver onto other metals. But apparently even now, in small batches and for certain reasons, genuine traditional Sheffield Plate is still made here.

[@RS250Squid]

@Jack Tangles im sure it's still sparkly and awesome.

[@atakd]

Bean's delivery of the line "Good morning" is outstanding. Perfectly polite and calm yet somehow laden with menace.

[@launcesmechanist9578]

He'd been taking lessons from Wellington.

[@Sanderus]

@@launcesmechanist9578 Exactly, this reminds me of how Wellington "good morninged" Simmerson in Sharpe's Eagle.

[@davidphilips5543]

​@@Sanderus true, just before he gave the best ( and most deserving ) bollocking of all time 😉

[@geekdiggy]

conspiring with the british army's most storied officer to avenge your husband's wrongful death and relieve your debt to a well-protected and high status criminal... now that's ladying.

[@cbviperess9319]

@@UKSponge360 now that's soldiering

[@Mark-nw6tt]

That’s rogering

[@dfgiuy22]

@@Mark-nw6tt ROGER SIR! Men, you know what to do:)

[@Michael_Chandler_Keaton]

Awesome comment!

[@TheDrexxus]

I say, sir!

[@mjspice100]

Interestingly had Sharpe been in Hornblower’s navy there would have been a better chance of him being commissioned than in the Army. The Navy was much more of a meritocracy and did not use the purchase system, commissions had to be earned by examination. Seamanship and navigation were essential qualifications and much prized. It was not unknown for ordinary sailors to “ pass aft through the hawse” and to achieve commissioned rank. Where they would struggle is through lack of patronage to advance beyond the rank of lieutenant. They would be known as “Tarpaulin” officers and any commands they held would largely be on small, unrated vessels. It wasn’t all bad news, James Cook achieved promotion all the way through to Post Captain, he began as a Merchant Navy apprentice.. Better educated, wealthier men started as boys in the rank of midshipman and learned their craft that way in the harsh environment of the midshipmen’s berth but if they didn’t pass their exam to lieutenant there they stayed. Grey haired midshipmen weren’t unknown. Whereas Army Officers drew almost entirely from the landed gentry, in the Royal Navy it was possible to rise to seniority from comparatively more humble beginnings. In fiction Hornblower was the son of a doctor, in reality Nelson was the son of a Vicar. Field commissions in the Army were far rarer and they were not regarded by the officers or men as the real thing, they were unable to support themselves in the mess and were given menial tasks, they were not regarded as fit to lead. Sharpe is a fighter through and through, he is a soldier’s soldier and earns his place by proving his worth time and again. The underlying irony is that he is far more of a gentleman than most of the so called gentlemen he encounters..

[@weavercs4014]

Thanks boomer

[@jamesrawlins735]

Well written and explained Mark - there's a lot of subtext that isn't necessarily understood by a casual viewer who doesn't understand British military. I always wondered how would Sharpe have done if he had served during the Crimean War - would he have been sacrificed with his men - or during World War 1 on the Western Front?

[@mjspice100]

James Rawlins I think he would’ve succeeded in any of those conflicts, he was written that way by Bernard Cornwell. Can you imagine Squadron Leader Sharpe in WW2 fighting in the Battle of Britain in command of a squadron of misfits and rogues with Flight Sergeant Harper as his wingman? 😀

[@USNVA11]

Mark Spice - Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington did just that with VMF-214 in the Pacific theatre of operations. There was a TV series that was even made about Pappy and VMF-214 called “ Baa Baa Black Sheep “.

[@mjspice100]

USNVA11 wow! I didn’t know that...

[@spartanxmonster]

The actor portraying Girdwood is top notch. This whole time I'm convinced his characters been secretly dealing with PTSD. He prides himself on rigorous spartan demeanor but hes constantly flustered and flummoxed. It's like the actor was told to love the military but show fear to its basic uniforms.

[@SantomPh]

he was actually removed from service during the Irish Rebellion for getting lost and losing his unit out of sheer incompetence. Simmerson (being a kindred spirit) pulled him back into service using his influence. Unlike Lawford, he has done nothing to earn respect.

[@knutdergroe9757]

SEMPER FI, And HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER !!!

[@spartanxmonster]

@@knutdergroe9757 Cheers Raider! Happy Birthday!

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

His rigorous attention to his own uniform, including the meticulous stiffening of his mustaches, and his iron discipline inside the camp, is his way of overcompensating for his complete lack of nerve in combat, and convincing himself that he's actually a good soldier - not just a good soldier, but Frederick the Great reborn, if only someone would give him the chance to prove it.

[@mjspice100]

Fast forward to WW II, USA, 101st Airborne, Easy Company, Captain Sobel, a ruthless, petty martinet, an excellent trainer of men but incompetent in the field..

[@Paddy.C]

Putting together components on a circuit board. Now that's soldering.

[@corsaircaruso471]

😂

[@nbcguitar]

Well done

[@nimbledick9869]

That's not soldering, the ability to alloy three cold joints a minute in any weather. Now that's soldering.

[@robinblankenship9234]

To speak in a decidedly elemental fashion, lead forward. Tin and only tin, I’ll fallow.

[@chrismc410]

If you're in the U.S. Army's Signal Corps and a part of MOSs therein, then indeed it is soldiering.

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Patrolling the comment section to find the people saying first and calling them filth, that's soldiering

[@daverage4729]

Got to love that Septimus Pyecroft quote. :) Its become the motto of all Sharpe Fans. Now 'thats' soldiering!

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

ethan hatcher with you First dog First animal First Man!

[@danieltoft2116]

Carry on troop

[@spartanxmonster]

@@daverage4729 I dont know, "CHOSEN MEN!" is pretty dang iconic, it's just not as easy to use in the comments.

[@Maulinator69]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Harper making Lynch shout “GOD SAVE IRELAND” was one of my favourite scenes in all the episodes of Sharpe.

[@EricWilke1141987]

FILTH!!!

[@TheRealMirCat]

The wild thing is, Lynch is an Irish name.

[@Magocracy]

In the book, John Lynch was Irish and changed his name from Sean and converted to Anglicanism to be “superior” to the other Irish. Hence why he gets mauled to death by the Irish troops in the battalion during the battle in the epilogue.

[@nepntzerZer]

Disagree. This was the worst episode.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

But that scene is not in this clip.

[@jeffyoung60]

Much of Sharpe's authority comes from his force of personality more than his rank. He also resorts to selective bullying over weaker men of subordinate and superior ranks. It works. To be fair, Sharpe does not threaten or bully good, dedicated, professionally -committed men.

[@SantomPh]

Or rather he cannot bully professional men, the "good officers" as he calls them. Men like Fredrickson, Wellington, Munro, Ross, Lawford and Peter D'Alembord have no flaws he can exploitm

[@stijnvandamme76]

Well it's like dogs in a pack , it's not the size, it's not how loud they bark but some dogs just dominate the others

[@julianmhall]

IIRC there were murdering officers - who killed the men under them for their own means and/or due to their incompetence, such as Girdwood - and killing officers - whose men died /despite/ the officer's efforts to obey orders with as many men surviving as possible. Sharpe knew the difference and respected the latter - after all he was one.

[@darthverminates9708]

If they are not following the chain of command it isn't bullying. It's corrective action.

[@Briselance]

Having a rank of major sure helps, though.

[@AdmRose]

Slapping a superior officer across the face with his own cane while taking over a battalion by claiming authority that you don’t actually have. Now that’s soldiering.

[@kettch777]

He DID have the authority. He was acting on the authority of Lord Wellington and the Duke of York.

[@AdmRose]

kettch777 He did not have any authority to take over the regiment. He threw the Duke of York’s name around to intimidate Girdwood, but by this point he knows enough about Girdwood’s personality to know that he wouldn’t resist.

[@jobob47]

yes. we know. thats soldiering.

[@hefilump]

Higher ranking officer ..... not superior

[@zachsmith1676]

@@AdmRose he did, Girdwood was abusing his rank and so as an unfit officer, Sharpe (a Fit officer), took over command of the regiment for the war effort

[@GuukanKitsune]

I like how he broke the Colonel's cane. It seems petty, but there's a reason. Upon the Colonel's conviction, he would be cashiered as part of the punishment and breaking his cane is part of the cashiering process, as well as tearing away all rank badges and gilt from his uniform, all decoration such as lace and buttons, tearing badges and plumes from his shako, and ripping the shoulders of his dress uniform, all symbolic of his rank being stripped in disgrace. By breaking the Colonel's cane there and then, Sharpe got the satisfaction of being a part of his cashiering and more or less getting the ritual humiliation started HIMSELF.

[@talthan]

cane or swagger stick?

[@GuukanKitsune]

@@talthan I am pretty sure there isn't a difference, at least at the time. But I confess ignorance on this point.

[@willsuttie3683]

​@@talthan2:36

[@stevenc123]

I misread cashiered as castrated

[@ChessMarine310]

@@stevenc123 lol..."Minor Detail" indeed ;)

[@johnbertrand7185]

Perfect role for Bean. He played Sharpe exactly how a combat officer of the time should act. No time for incompetents, do your job on the battlefield and you're all right with Major Richard Sharpe.

[@grazzer88]

Exactly how a combat officer of the time should act? Or would act? You're talking about a time when rich noblemen bought their commissions in the military and people like Sharpe (army) or Thomas Cochrane (navy) who were recruited up through the ranks were rare sights that were bullied by "gentlement" officers exactly like Colonel Henry Simmerson does with Sharpe. These battles were literally war games to nobles with very little consequences to the officers who were ransomed as the men were killed. Competence was for the poor, money could buy your mistakes so mistakes didn't matter as long as you had the clout to sweep them under the rug. That's how someone like Colonel Simmerson made General despite his long list of failures including losing the kings colours which he was acquitted for on account of friends in high places (nepotism).

[@emmetnolan7081]

You were around at the time to see how combat officers behaved of course..???....well done old boy ...toodle pip old bean.

[@jebbroham1776]

Well Sharpe was a real Mustang, the term for one who has risen through the ranks from the enlisted and EARNED his place among the officer corps. In the Navy we held in very high respects any officer who came from this path, and not so much those who didn't.

[@grazzer88]

@@jebbroham1776 The Navy wasn't much different. Read the story of Thomas Cochrane. A lieutenant who worked his way up the ranks in the Navy. He was basically a real life version of Sharpe, except in the Navy. Despite constantly performing above and beyond his station with less resources than anyone of the same station he was constantly snubbed by his superiors and commanders because he was from a lesser noble family.

[@timjohnson1199]

@@grazzer88 Yes! His story is amazing. South America too.

[@assassino1480]

Actor playing Girdwood does a great job of looking scared shitless and just barely containing it while Sharpe is introducing himself.

[@txgunguy2766]

Yeah, you can tell he's desperately trying to maintain his big dog status.

[@Synthonym]

He knew the moment Sharpe introduced himself that the game was up, so everything from that point on was pure bluster

[@thegibb14]

Chopping your toast into long strips to dip in your egg. Now that’s soldiering.

[@robappleby583]

Nice one.

[@dxfan18]

I see what you did there 🤣

[@Rampagedd]

Bravo

[@wastelandwanderer9491]

That made me chuckle.

[@stevenwebb3634]

Edward Gibb it is my pleasure to award you with the King's Medal for Outstanding Commenting 🏅

[@Maulinator69]

I always loved it when eventually Sharpe wins each week... but when he says to Girdwood, "No, I command here" with that wonderful, shit eating smirk of victory and validation on his face. 😂😂😂 I could watch that a thousand times (I probably have) because it NEVER gets old!

[@GodConsciousness]

Bless HRH the Duke of York. His abilities weren't suited for field command but he was a fine administrator of the British Army at Horse Guards, genuinely caring for the men's welfare.

[@bobpage6597]

Indeed, he is credited as having done more to improve efficiency, admin and recruitment than any other man in the history of the British Army!!

[@cloakedraider7066]

Not the one here. This one is insane.

[@CarzorStelatis]

@@cloakedraider7066 No, it's the Prince Regent who's insane in this episode

[@motivator7277]

I was 16 when I first watched this series at that time i knew or understand very little english but still grasped every thing. This shows spirit is beyond the comprehension of any language. I admire lt colonel sharpe, he should have been promoted to full colonel in series.

[@Trek001]

He did finish up as a full Colonel. In "Sharpe's Waterloo" he is made a Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons. However, they appear to have either deserted or gone over to the French side. By the end of the episode/book, he leads the South Essex in an attack to repulse the Old Guard and is given a battlefield promotion to full Colonel and then assigned formal command of his old battalion which he has for a month before retiring back to his farm. Not bad for a rank and file soldier to end up a full Colonel

[@motivator7277]

@@Trek001 thanks for the information.

[@atruemanofculture1521]

There is a movie were he is seen as a full colonel which they made ,its set well after the war though

[@knutritter461]

In this episode Sharpe was "still" a major. But what many people do not realize or know: A major is just one rank below Girdwood's rank.

[@chriswood753]

@@atruemanofculture1521 Yes he had retired to be a farmer in France. Wellington asked him to go to India to stop an uprising, he refused until he learnt Harper was there and reported missing. Wellington was calling him Colonel Sharpe.

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

Placing a superior officer under arrest for corruption, That's soldiering!

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

Konstantinos Nikolakakis Sharpe out ranked him

[@daetoris4473]

Actually no, Sharpe is only a major, while Girdwood is a lieutennant colonel, in the British army like most others Lieutennant colonel outranks major. But Sharpe was pretending to be acting under the authority of the Commander in Chief of the British army, the Duke of York, so his “orders” would’ve overruled Girdwood if they were real

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

Will Howorth oh I thought Girdwood was a lieutenant-major like Harper

[@daetoris4473]

Harper is the Regimental Sergeant Major

[@FerretJohn]

Girdwood wasn't a superior officer, just a higher ranking one

[@RCAvhstape]

"...and that, on your shako badge, is the eagle he [Harper] took from the French [whacks hat off desk] with me, on that bloody day." Awesome line and delivery. In that moment, Girdwood knew he was up against real combat soldiers.

[@peterhowe547]

So that's what he said

[@ravecrab]

@@harrybirchall3308 Shako is correct. A chapeau is an entirely different kind of hat.

[@praetoriandorn3154]

Laughing at all the 'now thats soldiering' comments and liking them all? Now thats browsing comments on Sharpe videos.

[@Inrezairo]

I'm finding it oddly charming.

[@MIMALECKIPL]

@@Inrezairo Now that's soldiering

[@dlxmarks]

All the hipsters in Brooklyn would kill to have a mustache like Girdwood's.

[@buchan448]

@Stream of Consciousness lol

[@geoffreycarson2311]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Hipsters g

[@misterspaceman9563]

I actually had one of those for a while. It was a lot of fun, but an ungodly amount of work. Still miss it though, maybe one day I'll do it again.

[@Michael_Chandler_Keaton]

Only found this show through this channel, fell in love and watched every adventure from start to finish in a week. Now thats Americaning!

[@TH3CAPN]

Try the books mate there ace

[@GUMMRUCHK]

I like how he is told to collect evidence and his plan is walk in claim command and take everything and it works. lmao

[@Bayou_Russ]

He’s just Gangsta like that 😂😂😂

[@Trek001]

And if anybody questioned him, then he'd said simply argue that he was acting under the orders of Wellington

[@ForgottenHonor0]

You cut out the best bit when Harper confronts the Drill Sergeant!

[@cutlassken6194]

Nick Craig Somebody else posted that scene. You can find the video on KZbin.

[@tmdrdd]

@@cutlassken6194 I think that scene comes right after this one.

[@GlamTelevision]

"What you looking at? - FILTH!😠" "*gentle caressing voice* God Save Ireland 😏" "*turns round and looks up at Harper towering over him* 😳" 😅😅

[@ForgottenHonor0]

@@GlamTelevision "O'Keefe?!"😵😵

[@tubatrumpet2485]

Nick Craig Who!? 😡I am Sergeant Major Harper, of the 1st and you are, filth? 😎😎😎

[@bloodangelphil]

Patrick with the swagger stick, putting on airs like the boss. Made my night, that.

[@misterspaceman9563]

God save Ireland!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

"Sir William is an honorable man." "He's an ambitious man." Ripping off Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar. That's soldiering.

[@SantomPh]

Lawford is still a gentleman, plus a scandal like that in a time of war has to be dealt with quietly. Like Wellington Lawford had political ambitions after the war so had to keep things as quiet as possible.

[@trashman6354]

ned stark talking about honor again

[@dediamondz1236]

A lot of Sharpe comes from or related to Shakespeare's pieces, a few characters here and there are named from characters in Macbeth or R&J

[@patrickturner6878]

No, thats Cornwelling.

[@HerbiieIsBest]

@@SantomPh In the books the offer of a rifle battalion was one Sharpe was likely to accept.

[@vuvuslayer]

I see Sharpe, I click. That's my style, Sir.

[@generaladvance5812]

Girdwood getting smacked in the mouth with his own cane was hands down my favourite moment in the whole series. Revenge is delicious.

[@AeneasGemini]

revenge makes people into monsters, but that's why revenge porn is so popular

[@Minority119]

"Good morning Smi-" *Boss theme starts*

[@Kieran0410]

I immediately heard the doom music

[@tommyatkins2527]

it was at this point he knew he fucked up ...

[@SeaJayBelfast]

Catching large, nocturnal flat fish? Now that's sole fishing.

[@johnconnick5308]

I truly love this series and there was never a bad program.

[@Lancasterlaw1175]

What it lacked in scale it made up for with enthusiasm

[@ESFAndy011]

Ehh... some would argue Sharpe's Gold wasn't exactly the best episode.

[@77RJ777]

I dunno man, I just watched Sharpe's Gold and that was pretty cooked. Hoping the rest fall back into what the earlier episodes produced.

[@royalhero4608]

@@77RJ777 Yeah Sharpes Gold is the only bad one tbh, but even that is still watchable. The story is just poor

[@essexfarmer9610]

@@royalhero4608 I like the side diversion and the fact that dominates is that both sides were just soldiers who came together to fight a greater evil than each other. For me it was a subtle episode and not a wasted one, but I can see how some might be disappointed expecting the more mainstream Sharpe action!

[@christophercolasurdo919]

“Sir William is an honorable man...” “He’s an ambitious one” That’s some Massive Ned Stark Energy.

[@dhunter1133]

Just another Sean Bean character needing to have the game of thrones explained to him.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Oooh boy, Girdwood seems to be having some trouble adjusting to his morning routine being disrupted.

[@Dom-fx4kt]

Hahaha

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Nice touch, having an Irish actor playing Colonel Girdwood.

[@Jams848484]

Black as bog

[@TheCormTube]

Girdwood was particularly proud of his moustache that morning, he was not at all prepared for it to be whipped into a right mess.

[@britneyspheres7yearsago11]

Fixing some cut wire with some molten bronze. Now that’s soldering.

[@terrortorn]

Defeating Sauron. Now that's Lordofthering

[@alexb4587]

Having the glory of Gondor restored. Now that’s Boromiring

[@L.J.Kommer]

Making a 'now that's soldiering' comment in on a Sharpe's clip, now that's soldiering.

[@timsellers4946]

L.J. Kommer making a “now that’s soldiering” comment on a comment saying “now that’s soldiering” on a Sharpe’s clip, now that’s soldiering.

[@ethanhatcher5533]

@@timsellers4946 continuing the chain of remarking "that's soldiering," that's not soldiering

[@thefrecklepuny]

@@ethanhatcher5533 Laughing at the above comments, now that is....err...let me think...soldiering?

[@signat8661]

ethan hatcher Trying to change the ‘now thats soldiering’ thread making ‘now thats soldiering’ not fun and thus only making the ‘now thats soldiering’ people more determined to carry on soldiering, now thats soldiering.

[@UnitSe7en]

That's not soldering. You need an iron and solder, first!

[@khemikora]

Competing with Poirot for the most pompous, yet manly moustache, that's soldiering.

[@andrewphillips9391]

Girdwood reminds me of some former bosses: hiding incompetence behind bullying and bluster

[@RS250Squid]

Nothing sounds quite so predatory and full of malice as Sean Bean's "Good morning".

[@forlornhope7121]

The quieter he speaks, the slower and more care he uses . It all gives the warning smart people should take. It's the calm before the storm.

[@plunketgab8199]

Being able to fire 3 shots a minute, in the smoke and fog of battle; with Napoleons Old Guard advancing,that’s soldiering

[@josephmassaro]

I love the military fops in this series. I suspect if hand grenades existed, they would be tripping on them all the time.

[@SantomPh]

watch the end of this episode

[@josephmassaro]

@@SantomPh Seen it. I think he survives, but Lynch bites it.

[@Bojack727]

Whenever I see an earlier clip from the show, I can't help thinking that it's just "wrong" for Harper to be clean-shaven!

[@kjlewis5606]

Girdwood wasn’t a Lt. col but, was in fact, a full colonel. His rank insignia would suggest he was a Lt. colonel by modern British army standards, however, during the napoleonic wars, rank was depicted slightly differently. A lt. col would wear a single crown on each epaulette, much like a major does today.

[@jackharse]

I believe in the book (Sharpe's Regiment) he was depicted as a lt. col. They may have changed it up for the series, or it might all be chalked up to a costuming error. Thanks for the neat fact! I certainly wouldn't have caught it!

[@Bazza1993ify]

Does anyone remember the Hornblower series? Wonder what it would’ve been like if they made a cross over episode of Sharpe & Hornblower.

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

read Sharpe's siege it's as close as you will ever get

[@theRandolfski]

I always wondered this, would have been a tremendous episode.

[@Bazza1993ify]

Nathan Norman I’d love to read the books but if they did an episode I could’ve been after Napoleon was first exiled in 1814 or after Sharpes Waterloo.

[@Diannalover]

@@radicalgoodspeed16 There's also Sharpe's Trafalgar/Prey too, they're definitely worth reading.

[@justanotherbrickinthewall2843]

It would've never worked out. Hornblower was the son of a doctor. He was educated. He was honourable. Sharpe however was illegitimate. Illiterate. A gutter born street fighter. A 'proper bastard' if you like. I'm sure they would've recognized each others ambitions; but beyond that they would have nothing in common.

[@Retro-Future-Land]

An independent major taking down a corrupt colonel in his own regiment, now that's soldiering!

[@duke4060]

Well not exactly, he did have orders from wellington, the commander in chief to go get more men or else the regiment in spain would be disbanded

[@annmitchell4663]

Carrying someone's heavy load..now that's shouldering. Watching Selma Hyack in Dusk till Dawn..now thats smoldering.

[@janruudschutrups9382]

"I now pay of my husband's debts by clamboring over him and under him when his needs demand I should." 2:30 "You may help me pay it." Sharpe: (⊙_☉)

[@James92453]

Sharpe: "I'm not fucking him!"

[@dchegu]

But Sharpe already did the deed early on in the episode.

[@timjohnson1199]

I have some debts that need paying.

[@forlornhope7121]

The once said of Obadiah that he bullied men til their wives came to him offering sex. And Sharpe called it a form of rape and hated it. So hearing how this lady is being treated got him on her side immediately. But then, speaking as a woman ...... That might be the only way Obadiah could have got tail with out paying! Lord Fenner was rich ..... That's his only difference.

[@footsoldier857]

Drinking a carbonated beverage: that's soadering.

[@londonoverground]

Sodaring

[@M1tjakaramazov]

Must say Girdwood put up a pretty good psychological last stand. He was pretty much confronted by an apex predator with a fabled reputation and the King's good will, ready to rip his head off, and he still tried to brass it out...

[@Liam-yd1cb]

An Irish actor, playing an Irish-hating English colonel, is accosted by an English actor playing an Irish-loving English major. Meanwhile, outside, an Irish actor - playing an Irish sergeant-major - confronts an Irish-hating Irishman, played by a Northern Irish actor. Irishing an Englishman while doing the Irish, whilst simultaneously Irishing everything? Now that's Irish.

[@doornik1142]

4:34 I like how his face twitches. “Dear God, he’s *injured* my poor mustache!”

[@Sam-vh5vn]

No matter how many I times I watch all the sharpe's thet never get boring.

[@kirklenagh3095]

Not having a drink all week, now that’s sobering.

[@briandamage5677]

So satisfying you must watch it twice!

[@samconduct1356]

Now that's watching!

[@beesonbandit6639]

Gods, when sharpe said “he’s an honorable man” I got game of thrones flashbacks

[@michaeloleary4656]

I tried that line on a traffic warden in Chelsea. Me: "by what authority can you give me that ticket" Traffic warden: "on the authority of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea" Me: " you cannot Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Me sir, I am aware of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and they are well aware of me!" Would have been so awesome if he got the reference... But he didn't.

[@E100Omega123]

Sharpe: Look at me. I'm the commander now

[@TheMidwesternViking]

I trust a officer raised though the ranks faster than a officer out of say the point or whatever institute

[@kenllacer]

For a moment I thought he was going to try and sneak in to obtain the evidence but the man just straight up walked through the front door and demanded it.

[@BigDMartial]

I absolutely love this series!

[@samsiegel4052]

That’s so bloody satisfying

[@fearsomeoffearsome7636]

could you say that it's soldiering?

[@TheCormTube]

"no...no....." "YES!". * Face moustachio whip initiated *

[@rasmus12335]

Now that's soldiering

[@georgebardsley7129]

Girdwood looks like he was sheltered from the sun as a child

[@sarnxero2628]

The absolute STATE of Girdwood's mustache after being Sharply struck! Now THATS Soldiering

[@macklee6837]

"Every scrap of pehypeh"

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

When is Sharpe's Pension going to get released?

[@Aelxi]

😂

[@F40PH-2CAT]

Sorry Sharpe, if you want this pension you must go on this one last mission in the Crimea.....coming soon in "Sharpe's Charge".

[@evgeniptolemy5570]

No Simmerson in this video but there's an awful lot of soldiering going on in the comments... Won't do, KZbin. Won't do at'tall...

[@SantomPh]

anyone who cannot post 3 times a minute shall be flogged

[@javathechava26]

typical bully reduced to tears when confronted.

[@MathewRenfro]

Yeah everyone wants to post "first" but you know what no one in these comments ever posts? "Last"

[@DaGahbageMan]

Middle

[@Seektheday]

turning a meme around for a joke. That's soldering.

[@flankspeed]

"The Last Post"? No one wants to hear that ;0)

[@fishyc150]

To be fair every single post is the last when it's made...

[@specialunit0428]

Wise words, my friend, wise words...

[@humungus3]

So why was Girdwood arrested? I only know the show from these KZbin clips lol

[@augu345]

"Good Morning Smi....." Death standing at the door💀

[@vampirecount3880]

I never watched this series, only some random videos, but there is something i dont understand about Major Sharpe. Why i cant find his rank markings? Does he not wear any? There are times where people dont seens to notice his rank even when hes in uniform. So he wears an uniform without markings or its just kinda hard to see?

[@jasonfernee2401]

Nice to see Hercule Poirot's ancestors fighting for King and country.

[@LiveMusicOntario]

That actress, Caroline Langrishe, was in a light, humourous series with an actor who has played the heavy many times: Ian McShane. "Lovejoy" was the show. She's got a lovely accent and portrayed the same calm class seen here.

[@michaelyates5976]

And Martin's wife in Benidorm.

[@mikeyj2840]

@@michaelyates5976 That was Abigail Cruttenden

[@michaelyates5976]

@@mikeyj2840 My mistake. The actress I meant to refer to was Lady Carmoynes who was involved with Sharpie.

[@pashvonderc381]

One of her earlier rolles was in The Flipside Of Dominic Hide... it is on YT somewhere

[@DaGahbageMan]

2:56 Getting catfished, British Army style.

[@TheCormTube]

Where is Captain Smith?........ SMITH!

[@tenno5509]

now thats soldiering

[@williamburnham3659]

The actor who played Girdwood sang the song "Tomorrow belongs to me" in the film Cabaret ( the actor in the film was lipsyncing)

[@grantwatt4559]

Struggling to find relevant banter to go with the clip, but commenting all the same, that's..........bloody soldiering.

[@deviklovecraft3835]

Whoever it is playing Gridwood needs more work. Fantastic character acting

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

I always thought that Sharpe and the (also widowed) Lady Camoynes made a much better pair than him and that Jane.

[@SantomPh]

Lady Camoynes is too smart and too canny for Sharpe. He would not be able to love her so much as he did Jane, Teresa or Lucille due to her independent personality. Anne likes him, even sleeps with him in Sharpe's Justice but she doesn't actually love him.

[@Thorny5718]

@@SantomPh I can’t remember, but what happened to Lucille?

[@johncross8834]

@@Thorny5718 She died sad . Then. She was Berrurac

[@forlornhope7121]

Quite mental equals. It could have worked if he wasn't blinded by romantic notions of what 'a lady' was as portrayed by Jane. I think see Lady Camoynes would have handled him properly. Even been a powerful force getting him promoted and appreciated more by the establishment. She certainly never gave up on him and kept popping up. Sadly her timing was off. First when he was saving poor lost, beaten Jane, then when he was stationed in UK and pining for Lucille.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

@@forlornhope7121 True, though she was much more akin to his previous wife, Teresa.

[@gavg89iiuktvii35]

FOREVER SHARPE 💎🇬🇧💎 THE BEST OF THE BEST

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

Taste the wrath of Richard Sharpe

[@cosmicjack1215]

I met the actor who played Patrick once coming out a betting shop, lovely bloke showed me the way to Shoreditch.

[@dtyne67]

Now that's soldiering!

[@AlejandroDominguezParedes]

GOD SAVE IRELAND!!!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

LOUDER!

[@tvnetworks6610]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher GOD. SAVE. IRELAND!!!!!!

[@tenno5509]

@@tvnetworks6610 LOUDAAAAH!!!

[@tvnetworks6610]

@@tenno5509 .... GOD SAVE IRELAND. GOD SAVE IRELAND.

[@clonecommanderfoggy682]

God save Northern Ireland

[@mercedesvan-doors34]

I just finished installing a bath with copper pipes, unfortunately I used compression joints so thats not soldering.

[@dogevitale]

Using supposed connections to Army HQ to supplant a superior officer Now that's HorseGuardsing

[@robertwaid3579]

Wow, Another excellent Clip. More so than Ever, I need to Watch this Entire Series. Very Soon indeed. I've been thoroughly impressed with Sean Beans, Acting since He First came too notice in The Lord Of The Rings, Tale's, and Movies by Peter Jackson. So I need too find a way too see the British production of this Series', titled SHARPE'. It looks Fantastic too me. Alas Thank You so Very Much for Sharing again it was Wonderful.

[@Maulinator69]

soldier verb gerund or present participle: soldiering 1. serve as a soldier. "I soldiered with your father on his last four campaigns" 2. INFORMAL carry on doggedly; persevere. "Colonel Girdwood wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on" Now THAT'S soldiering... 😂😏

[@keithsymons5708]

One of the best episodes brilliant series

[@engasal]

Some seriously attractive women in / on Sharpe

[@oldfrend]

also they never forget to include the gratuitous titties. good men all.

[@SGTBizarro]

Using your gods-given talents to make friends with the right-hand lieutenant of a villainous dragon? That's Odahviing.

[@DimaEgorovRU]

First to comment, plus I been waiting for this vid it’s my favourite scene

[@ethanhatcher5533]

FILTH!

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

Ivan Renov Filth

[@harrisonrawlinson4602]

ethan hatcher that’s soldiering

[@willyr7864]

FILTH

[@DimaEgorovRU]

Willy Roberts .... god save Ireland SAY IT

[@darthattenborough1145]

He is the perfect soldier Major Sharpe

[@elxaime]

Ambushed again. Badly ambushed!

[@Ontinara]

Best episode of Undercover Bosses we've ever gotten

[@patricklamshear6662]

That's what i call soldiering.

[@vespelian5769]

That moustache is ahead of its time, and to think Colonel Girdwood was but a humble Gasman in Bootom, only a year earlier.

[@Southern_Crusader]

The satisfaction. These actors rock!

[@Ajscatwhisperer]

When you roll natural 20s on consecutive Intimidation, Deception (Col. Girdwood), and Persuasion rolls (Cpt. Smith).