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5 жыл бұрын

The Company of Pikemen and Musketeers was formed less than a century ago but this ceremonial sub-unit of the Honourable Artillery Company - the British Army’s oldest regiment - is keeping alive traditions dating back to the 17th Century. We joined them as they prepared for the biggest day in their calendar...
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@morriganravenchild6613
@morriganravenchild6613 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Lovely to see these old traditions being kept up.
@Fede_uyz
@Fede_uyz 5 жыл бұрын
For anyone wondering, the Lord mayor of London is not the same as the Mayor of London. The City of London is not the same as what we know of London
@T-74
@T-74 4 жыл бұрын
Bluepurgatory1 source?
@T-74
@T-74 4 жыл бұрын
TZoningHard yeah seems about right now I think of it
@littlegreenhelmetboi4148
@littlegreenhelmetboi4148 4 жыл бұрын
Federico Olivares this doesn’t help at all I’m just more confused
@1IbramGaunt
@1IbramGaunt 4 жыл бұрын
@@littlegreenhelmetboi4148 good, it's to confuse outsiders haha
@hasanfoyejul5500
@hasanfoyejul5500 4 жыл бұрын
@@tzoninghard2425 why you let them come to your country ? thanks
@cycleSCUBA
@cycleSCUBA 2 жыл бұрын
Keeping British heritage alive and well. Welcoming the World to come and watch. 🇬🇧👑
@Crustymarine
@Crustymarine 5 жыл бұрын
Keeping history and be proud Great Briton.
@georgeno812
@georgeno812 4 жыл бұрын
Is there any different between Britons and British ?
@Crustymarine
@Crustymarine 4 жыл бұрын
@@georgeno812 Well George, perhaps someone else is more qualified than me can answer your question. I'm an American with ancestral ties to Great Briton. I'll assume there is no difference between Britons and British regarding the island of Briton. Although I will submit to you "being British" is a sense of national pride / loyalty.
@rc59191
@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын
@@georgeno812 no Britons and British is the collective term for people living in Great Britain.
@Emtmiller
@Emtmiller 5 жыл бұрын
Wait.... so it costs 18 pounds and weighs 5 thousand pounds???? GOD you brits are strong!
@mike5d1
@mike5d1 4 жыл бұрын
oh ha ha! Fine jest sir.
@eightlivesdownmtb
@eightlivesdownmtb 3 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary to think Brummitt trained me when I joined the Regt and Company in ‘94. Where does the time go, eh?
@beckydoudna4195
@beckydoudna4195 4 жыл бұрын
Leave it to britin to have the best looking uniforms i have ever seen back then and today
@cycleSCUBA
@cycleSCUBA 2 жыл бұрын
It's 'Britain', dear heart! Or rather 'Great Britain'. 🇬🇧👑
@Kirkee7
@Kirkee7 4 жыл бұрын
It's just occurred to me , what a brilliant solution to riot control a phalanx of 18 foot Pikemen.
@rhodesianwojak2095
@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын
the tercios figured it out also
@gunner678
@gunner678 4 жыл бұрын
Their tall
@georgerobartes2008
@georgerobartes2008 Жыл бұрын
Love the CO'S net curtain collar .
@paolocabling
@paolocabling 5 жыл бұрын
9:35 Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men!
@MrSARG222
@MrSARG222 5 жыл бұрын
yeah, but why? may I ask?
@jackofswords7
@jackofswords7 4 жыл бұрын
Er...No!
@giancueva2558
@giancueva2558 4 жыл бұрын
Omg.
@wesleyreese5987
@wesleyreese5987 4 жыл бұрын
@@jackofswords7 those are the lyrics to the song
@steyn1775
@steyn1775 4 жыл бұрын
it's the music of a people who will not be slaves again!
@Carl-zk4hl
@Carl-zk4hl 5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! They must be old!
@ivanstrydom8417
@ivanstrydom8417 4 жыл бұрын
Three buttons, representing the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. I love that.
@gunner678
@gunner678 4 жыл бұрын
Three knots.
@cycleSCUBA
@cycleSCUBA 2 жыл бұрын
And the Twelve Apostles gun powder bottles!
@STM1066
@STM1066 4 жыл бұрын
4:13 that musket looks like it has a martini Henry action
@1IbramGaunt
@1IbramGaunt 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe it does but the originals would've been matchlocks
@rhodesianwojak2095
@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын
hmmm
@MrPanos2000
@MrPanos2000 4 жыл бұрын
It does indeed lol
@dukeskyhopper
@dukeskyhopper 3 жыл бұрын
That's called a falling block, used by quite a few different rifles. You lower the breach, load the round, patch, and charge from the rear, then raise the breach, then fire. It uses a matchlock to ignite the charge (That's the wick you see on the side).
@DerDoppelsoeldner
@DerDoppelsoeldner 5 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Germany ✌
@rhodesianwojak2095
@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын
?
@georgeno812
@georgeno812 4 жыл бұрын
Ze germans are coming 🙀🙀
@MrRealmadridbernabeu
@MrRealmadridbernabeu 4 жыл бұрын
Lovely
@danielwilson5102
@danielwilson5102 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting all kitted up then realising you need a dump......
@davidhollinghurst2115
@davidhollinghurst2115 4 жыл бұрын
Probably why you tie your pants at the knee.
@rs061290
@rs061290 5 ай бұрын
What a nice cool looking unit!!!!😃👍👍
@prezzyjim
@prezzyjim 4 жыл бұрын
Who needs Kevlar...
@jdfullerton5187
@jdfullerton5187 5 жыл бұрын
this is the solution to london's motorbike crime
@raphaellauf7786
@raphaellauf7786 4 жыл бұрын
grandpa i gonna shank em with a pike
@Leventhan1
@Leventhan1 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@0121doone
@0121doone 5 жыл бұрын
Like Dad's army for the upper class
@piper51786
@piper51786 5 жыл бұрын
Fathers Yeomanry
@dan4856
@dan4856 5 жыл бұрын
No, it's Our History, stop being so arrogantly-ignorant
@0121doone
@0121doone 5 жыл бұрын
@@dan4856 It's a joke you pleb.
@dan4856
@dan4856 5 жыл бұрын
@@0121doone......yeah, well I'm seeing to many of these 'jokes'
@0121doone
@0121doone 5 жыл бұрын
@@dan4856 TRIGGEREDDDDD. Get a grip you snowflake.
@wxlfixe
@wxlfixe 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!
@simonjackson7269
@simonjackson7269 5 жыл бұрын
They also field a very good Rugby team!!
@Dino10Boy
@Dino10Boy 4 жыл бұрын
The fact they have Pikemen kills me
@1IbramGaunt
@1IbramGaunt 4 жыл бұрын
Why? Perfectly practical weapon in the 1600's, just as common as firearms at the time and a lot more reliable, used mainly both for engaging OTHER pikemen and for fending off cavalry attacks
@col4574
@col4574 4 жыл бұрын
Work damned well against cyclists
@David-js4wd
@David-js4wd 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting kit...
@kristofantal8801
@kristofantal8801 4 жыл бұрын
Why? Historically authentic (mid 17th century) clothes, armours and weapons. That unit is a traditional ceremonial type of company.
@MrPanos2000
@MrPanos2000 4 жыл бұрын
@@kristofantal8801 yes the historically authentic 17th century Martiny Henry rifle hahahaha
@kristofantal8801
@kristofantal8801 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrPanos2000 It's not a Martin-Henry...
@MrPanos2000
@MrPanos2000 3 жыл бұрын
@@kristofantal8801 Its obvious that its a MkIV. Just look at 4:00, you can see the breech block. Of course they have been restocked to look like 17th century Arquebus
@Kirkee7
@Kirkee7 4 жыл бұрын
Love those Pikemen. Is recruitment ex officers and RSM + 'handshake' only ?
@Vinni-K
@Vinni-K 3 жыл бұрын
11:05 my god that posture
@robertotheo
@robertotheo 4 жыл бұрын
I do miss the HAC. What a special bunch of boys and girls.....
@brunohorn7985
@brunohorn7985 5 жыл бұрын
9:57 What is a Basel Carnival Clique doing there?
@canislunaticus
@canislunaticus 4 жыл бұрын
That's so cool though :0
@thewaaaghproductions2285
@thewaaaghproductions2285 5 жыл бұрын
did the band play "angry men"?
@evantighe696
@evantighe696 5 жыл бұрын
The Waaagh! Productions “do you hear the people sing?” from les mis yeh
@thewaaaghproductions2285
@thewaaaghproductions2285 5 жыл бұрын
@@evantighe696 yup!
@ltcmdrtobyfox3969
@ltcmdrtobyfox3969 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to finally see some English culture
@yeye4888
@yeye4888 4 жыл бұрын
6:48 XD
@Licht.von.Stein.
@Licht.von.Stein. Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or is the arquebus looked like a breech loder conervert arquebus? The back end looked like a martini henry to me.
@richardgoode4761
@richardgoode4761 5 жыл бұрын
Tradition as Union with England.
@thrifikionor7603
@thrifikionor7603 5 жыл бұрын
Their kit seems rather outdated, not in a sense that its from the 17th century thats obvious, but more that its just not up to date from a accuracy wise perspective. Stuff like using suspenders instead of hooks or aiglets to hold up the breeches by attaching them to the doublet is just not good enough anymore.
@MrPanos2000
@MrPanos2000 4 жыл бұрын
@サイレントボイス so are reenactors. What does being old have to do with anything
@jimbo42521
@jimbo42521 4 жыл бұрын
...OR USING MODERN EYEGLASSES...
@silvermasktraveler1788
@silvermasktraveler1788 3 жыл бұрын
I wish we still used hussars/Cavelry in warfare :(
@angieroxy7550
@angieroxy7550 5 жыл бұрын
9:37 Ðo You Hear the Þeoþle Sing ?
@nealogorman1810
@nealogorman1810 5 жыл бұрын
He thats me at the end...
@monkeylee4818
@monkeylee4818 4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only guy to find out that their match lock musket is actually a Martini Henry?
@rhodesianwojak2095
@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын
nope
@rc59191
@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын
Jeez everyone here doesn't know jack about firearms. They had breech loading matchlocks back then.
@mike5d1
@mike5d1 4 жыл бұрын
Why doe's the musket the guy at 4:12 have what looks suspiciously like the breech block of a Martini-Henri rifle?
@rc59191
@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын
They had breech loading matchlocks back then.
@silentfox139
@silentfox139 4 жыл бұрын
“I’m a attempted to say hair cut.”
@Roheryn100
@Roheryn100 4 жыл бұрын
Tuan Nguyen “I am tempted to say “haircut””
@leowagner1366
@leowagner1366 3 жыл бұрын
10:51 Cool! Coburger marsch!
@robnewman6101
@robnewman6101 Жыл бұрын
Centuries Ago, Human Body Conditions were very bad indeed! Lots of people died so young! At least its good to be living in the 21st Century.
@gideonhorwitz9434
@gideonhorwitz9434 4 жыл бұрын
And people say larping is ridiculous
@isaacleese6065
@isaacleese6065 4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what song this is 10:50
@1IbramGaunt
@1IbramGaunt 4 жыл бұрын
'Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men' isn't it?
@isaacleese6065
@isaacleese6065 4 жыл бұрын
That's alot earlier, but I found the song what I was looking for. But thanks anyway.
@Roheryn100
@Roheryn100 4 жыл бұрын
It’s a Household Cavalry March...
@midnightteapot5633
@midnightteapot5633 4 жыл бұрын
@@Roheryn100 its the slow march "Coburg"
@Roheryn100
@Roheryn100 4 жыл бұрын
midnight teapot Thank you ! I Back in the 1980’s my husband and I helped as riding instructors with the newly formed Light Cavalry Squadron of the HAC. The first time the newly mounted Squadron took part in the Lord Mayor’s Show , I walked beside them the whole route to check saddles, bridles,etc. Arriving at St. Paul’s Cathedral with the Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry playing Aida was one of the most thrilling moments of my life.....🥰🤩🥰🤩
@zainthekiwi5239
@zainthekiwi5239 4 жыл бұрын
When another country leaves the commonwealth:
@samconboy459
@samconboy459 4 жыл бұрын
if anyone in the comments in in london on Sunday (26/01/2020) the English civil war society is doing a march along the mall. come and see what the more typical soldier looked like at the time!
@stevenpremmel4116
@stevenpremmel4116 5 жыл бұрын
They aren't called the twelve apostles, that is a Victorian invention.
@rhodesianwojak2095
@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын
hm
@notactuallytesco
@notactuallytesco 4 жыл бұрын
I would imagine the Musketeer would know more, seeing as it's his profession
@elwolf8536
@elwolf8536 5 жыл бұрын
The originals probably a lot more ruff and not royalist
@Arborist5851
@Arborist5851 4 жыл бұрын
Posh cuts playing at soldering
@gunner678
@gunner678 4 жыл бұрын
These guys are all retired HAC members who have been invited to join the ceremonial guard to the Lord Mayor of the City of London (not the city of greater london). Look at the medals, all have served!
@danielbutka8854
@danielbutka8854 5 жыл бұрын
Wait what? Those aren't muskets, they're Martini Henrys made to look like muskets!
@rc59191
@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын
They had breech loading matchlocks back then do some research this is like the 10th comment I've seen now.
@Alistair2348
@Alistair2348 4 жыл бұрын
Basically it's a private members club for ex officers.
@The.IndyMusic
@The.IndyMusic 4 жыл бұрын
They need to work on staying in sync
@parky5329
@parky5329 5 жыл бұрын
All very wealthy.
@malcolmcanning548
@malcolmcanning548 4 жыл бұрын
This is bull like baby London stan
@seanscott5180
@seanscott5180 5 жыл бұрын
🌲🇬🇧📜(“SUPERIOR, CHOICE, SELECT,.! “ABSOLUTE SPEECHLESS PERFECTION”,....I SHALL HIRE THEM, FOR MY WEDING PROCESSION”) 💎💥(“MOST~CHOICE,.!”)💥💎 🌲🇬🇧📜(“GSQ,.!”)🇬🇧🌲 🌲🇬🇧📜(“CHEERS~ALL,.!”)🇬🇧🌲 ALBATROSS AIR HU16
@jimbo42521
@jimbo42521 4 жыл бұрын
...EXCEPT FOR THE MODERN EYE GLASSES AND FRAMES....
@alicekelly8909
@alicekelly8909 4 жыл бұрын
James H. Knaup I can tell your American by the fact u called them eye glasses 😂 🤦‍♀️
@thewheelchairhistorian3424
@thewheelchairhistorian3424 4 жыл бұрын
Make London English again!
@boomstix
@boomstix 5 жыл бұрын
Question, if those leather coats protect the musketeers from messing their uniforms, why's the drummer wearing one too?
@darkpoint9919
@darkpoint9919 5 жыл бұрын
The british are coming! The british are coming!
@fds7476
@fds7476 4 жыл бұрын
Well, English.
@windsormonarchist1096
@windsormonarchist1096 4 жыл бұрын
He never said the British are coming he said the redcoats are coming as most citizens in the colonies considered themselves and were british
@silvermasktraveler1788
@silvermasktraveler1788 3 жыл бұрын
Windsor Monarchist if only we still used cavalry in wars
@toadfaceass
@toadfaceass 5 жыл бұрын
Sadiq Khan doesn't deserve our traditions and history if he won't respect and preserve them. Or respect the English people.
@cj1127
@cj1127 5 жыл бұрын
What are you on about you thick smackhead?
@toadfaceass
@toadfaceass 5 жыл бұрын
@@cj1127 Only thick smackhead here is you
@joeturner1597
@joeturner1597 5 жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with Sadiq Khan.He is not the Lord Mayor and has nothing to do with the City.
@danielogats
@danielogats 5 жыл бұрын
@@toadfaceass You base that on what, on the fact he dosent scream "rull britannia" instead of talking? Get lost with your inferiority complexes. You dont even know what you are talking about.
@toadfaceass
@toadfaceass 5 жыл бұрын
@@danielogats Speaking out against a man who has ruined the jewel of this nation is now inferiority complex. You are an idiot
@bonnyd.5334
@bonnyd.5334 3 жыл бұрын
The first drummer is absolutely horrid. Poor technique. Farby. The others are equally as bad. This unit should be ashamed.
@edbeckett2400
@edbeckett2400 5 жыл бұрын
The oldest regiment of the british army is the Coldstream or grenadiers guard...
@koolyman
@koolyman 5 жыл бұрын
Incorrect. While those are the most senior regiments in the British Army, the HAC is the oldest regiment in the Army and the 2nd most senior regiment in the Army Reserve.
@colinp2238
@colinp2238 5 жыл бұрын
You heard the man narrating say when the HAC originated, a century before the Guards Regiments.
@yogsothoth7594
@yogsothoth7594 5 жыл бұрын
Seniority is done by continuous service rather than just the oldest ones.
@edcull
@edcull 5 жыл бұрын
Shame the falling band ( shirt Collar) is wrong. Oh, and the buttons on the coat cuff. Oh and the musket looks like a combo, of a matchlock and what appears to be a breach loader. Oh and the buff-coats. Oh and the velcro on the breaches. Oh and the spectacles. Oh and the Captain's neck doily. If it is fancy dress for the Lord Mayors Show, please don't say it is authentic.
@louisbeerreviews8964
@louisbeerreviews8964 5 жыл бұрын
Eddie Cullen nope
@nealogorman1810
@nealogorman1810 5 жыл бұрын
They have a number of muskets. They normally carry matchlocks...but if they are going to be doing a salute with gunfire they have martini actions...which are simpler to load. Also they have different quality of musket depending on the weather....if it is raining for the LMS they use a lower quality as it is going to be wet all day and the crowd don't get too close...
@ni642
@ni642 5 жыл бұрын
I bet you one thing ...not one of them is a delusional brexiteer
@thomasatkinson7319
@thomasatkinson7319 5 жыл бұрын
I bet you one thing... you don’t know that. Also, regardless, what does Brexit have to do with this? You are just trying to use this to further your own political agenda on these men by assigning them, with no evidence, political opinions.
@NewMinority
@NewMinority 5 жыл бұрын
ni642 we are leaving ... stop being a sore looser
@torinjones3221
@torinjones3221 5 жыл бұрын
@@thomasatkinson7319 ignore him Tommy he's just a remoaner
@ni642
@ni642 5 жыл бұрын
Your Typical Pinoy i have a right to my opinion ....
@jdkveritas9035
@jdkveritas9035 5 жыл бұрын
@@ni642 I don't think anyone is disputing your right to have your own opinions, more whether it was necessary to share it when it was not related to the video, especially when brexit is such a hot topic right now. There are other, better places to discuss brexit - this is not it.
@handcrafted30
@handcrafted30 4 жыл бұрын
Christ what a waste of time and money.
@windsormonarchist1096
@windsormonarchist1096 4 жыл бұрын
Should tax payers really be paying for people like you to have access to state facilities such as police , ambulance and fire services because you seem to be a waste of time and money
@rc59191
@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын
People with no respect for tradition have no business having an opinion on the matter.
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