its interesting to see in early war photos how soldiers would all lie down along a road or some embankment more or less alongside one another to present what i suppose is a solid line of fire towards the enemy , truly still an excercise in linear tactics
@oliversherman24145 күн бұрын
A great unit 🇬🇧🏴
@j.b.macadam65169 күн бұрын
Thanks for the informative video! I find the maneuver war of 1914 quite challenging.
@robert-trading-as-Bob6911 күн бұрын
There is a chance that both my great-grandparents fought against each other at Magersfontein. On the Annandale side, they rode with de la Rey, and on the Nicholl side, marched with the Black Watch as an officer. I wish I knew when Nicholl got to South Africa, and in which battalion. Similarly with my (ex-Scots) Boer ancestors, but there isn't that much surviving paperwork on the Boer ranks. The Afrikaans side of the family barely talks to the English-speaking side of the Annandales after my grandfather married a Khaki soldiers daughter.
@markaluge14 күн бұрын
I used to have an officer’s valise which I donated to the museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop.
@hoser770627 күн бұрын
That was very informative. Most of that I was not aware of. A cery cool kit for that time. With modernupdates something similar would be cool for travel.
@alanfrost466129 күн бұрын
My granddad signed on in 1914 and survived the poppy fields carnage but god help any body that dared bring a tin of Bully into his house he would have lost it big time
@johnsometimesoffandsometim8933Ай бұрын
ww1 stupid pastime
@douglas2632Ай бұрын
I have my Black watch glengarry and kilt that i wear on Burns day every year. I still enjoy my haggis .
@berndf.aus.n.a.d.wАй бұрын
Thank's a lot for this video. Coz of the music, i need to watch "the longest day"...
@giuseppinavolpe2873Ай бұрын
Sewing kit is very styled
@giuseppinavolpe2873Ай бұрын
Are you the ghost from 1915?ok
@ANDYCLARAGАй бұрын
My great -grandfather was D Coy SgtMajor Andrew Gray 42 nd Highlanders who was involved in this action...
@nicklinville9020Ай бұрын
Interesting videos, but the ear-splitting bagpipes make it unwatchable.
@jimbojet8728Ай бұрын
Employed some of the men to serve them? By ‘employed’ you mean ordered the ‘minions’ to be their servants or valets.
@LBS4Ай бұрын
That folding lantern is fantastic, thank you for the vid!
@joshhoffman1975Ай бұрын
Cool lanten!
@Raj-nh3fcАй бұрын
We called them "holdalls" in India and there used to be several such holdalls used during train travels for sleeping at night in a family shared between members. It contained a light thin matress, bedshets, blanket, a small pillow and pockets for some small things like slippers and toilet kit. I remember my mother always packing a holdall along with an earthenware water pitcher for cold drinking water, lunch or picknic basket with food and ofcourse our luggage. There was no such thing as light travel in those days and coolies were assured their jobs.😂
@spivvoАй бұрын
Would be nice ifvyou explained the unusual items… putties…. And sounded like ‘housewife’ but looked like a covid facemask
@Martin-km4yzАй бұрын
First off, officer's did not wear putties.
@dereckhasken9055Ай бұрын
A welcome change for officers to put on canvas hoes after marching all day??? What about other ranks? Don’t think they had plimsolls-😏
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
I've read Pat Barker's novel "Regeneration", which looks at the hospital for shell-shocked officers in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, and where Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfrid Owen were among the patients. It was turned into a rather good film in 1997.
@dave23024Ай бұрын
This narrator is a dead ringer for Sean Bean.
@byronservies4043Ай бұрын
Several years ago I purchased a reprint of "Yesterdays Shopping: The Army & Navy Stores Catalogue 1907" specifically for the images of campaign furniture. Most of this gear is in there, iirc, and that is part of what makes the catalog so incredible: so much of it is still available and sometimes advertised as a new concept!
@patplayzroblox5065Ай бұрын
And nowadays people be using them to chop bikers head I seen a lot of them
@robertmonaghan5420Ай бұрын
Probably A Great Video. But The Commentator Isn't Good
@wullieg7269Ай бұрын
Churchill fed his men in the Scots Guards
@paulyoung4422Ай бұрын
Those Boots would not pass muster.
@sonnyjim5268Ай бұрын
When did the intelligence officer appear? In modern times, it's usually a lieutenant from the battalion.
@astralclub5964Ай бұрын
Typical British stiff upper lip! American officers would’ve stolen a cook stove!
@ChumblybumАй бұрын
0:54 Meat Lozenges? Bleeergh
@RJVEKАй бұрын
Super video- can you give an indication of the costs for the entire ‘outfit’ in today’s prices- I’m fascinated at the costs- and sadly much investment just ended up rotting in a field in Flanders
@dougbotimer80052 ай бұрын
Years ago I was talking with a Canadian WWI veteran who shared the scarring around his knees where a wet kilt froze to flesh.
@69thRegOfFoot2 ай бұрын
where did you get your kilt?
@edc83882 ай бұрын
Regimental Signals Officers ?
@sarkajindrichova63902 ай бұрын
pfff i wold rather eat with men and give cooks my ration
@matthewjay6602 ай бұрын
It freaks me out that they had to BUY produce. They didn't just RECEIVE vegetables.
@Normandy1944Ай бұрын
Different militaries provide differently, most produce back then was grown locally and purchased thus. Plus, there was no guarantee of a good crop. Also, it wasn't shipped like you have today. Transport of fresh vegetables from England to France and it doesn't arrive as fresh vegetables, if not turning bad already. Check out WWII submarines and see how foods were stored and what was eaten first before it perished, ...then go back another 20 yrs. This is what's wrong with today's society, very few know how to provide for themselves...they think the store provides it all. It would be a windfall of knowledge if people worked on a farm for at least a year...I've worked 3 farms through my years (beef, milk and vegetable).
@Thomas-ei1yk2 ай бұрын
I might have included a grenade...or two.
@robertstallard78362 ай бұрын
Why on earth would you include grenades in kit you're not taking into battle? Are you going to frag the batman if he doesn't polish your boots correctly? The valise contained the officer's personal kit, not weapons. If for some reason an officer wanted to carry grenades then they would be in his belt kit/small pack that he does take into battle.
@John_Pace2 ай бұрын
In a 1970s tank battalion, I can still see the relevance of this video.
@georgelutes12302 ай бұрын
A very nice video though the level of volume is quite low making it difficult to hear.
@mattyb7736Ай бұрын
You don't have a volume control on your device? I suppose you want someone to adjust it for you too?
@georgelutes1230Ай бұрын
@@mattyb7736 Yes, I do have volume control. Two, actually. I only rarely go very high on either but with them both maxed out the volume on most of his videos is barely audible.
@chrisplace97732 ай бұрын
Thats democracy for you. Politicians hide, and leave us to fight so its normal for us to be treated like crap.
@user-cd4mo7rw5b2 ай бұрын
Wellies
@c3aloha2 ай бұрын
Even as a U.S. Marine officer I had to take a bank loan to pay for all my uniforms.
@erwin6692 ай бұрын
I was happy that I was prior enlisted when I got my commission, so it was mostly just a change in insignia. Even still my Officer ASUs was around $500 for everything but the shoes.
@utoob3122 ай бұрын
Spare latrine paper would have been an idea. Daily ration issue was, if any, 3or 4 sheets i think
@feliscorax2 ай бұрын
Well, shit, that ain’t nearly enough once the dysentery sets in.
@aje1200gs2 ай бұрын
The commissioning ceremony of the intelligence corps before democratisation in 1994 was at Magersfontein; a moving ceremony. The underlying message was to respect your foe; irrespective of how evil he may be.
@chrisbailey93312 ай бұрын
Beautifully presented young Sir! And, jolly well done on your ‘turn out’. Your ‘Batman’ is obviously worth his weight in gold! I used to be a ‘living historian’ and am very familiar with all that you say and show. I belonged to the GWS for over 12 years and the Khaki Chums for a similar time. I had the privilege to know personally a few of the last surviving Tommies, particularly dear old Harry Patch. Keep doing what you’re doing for their memory and for your King and your Men👍🏻🇬🇧
@MSchmitz772 ай бұрын
Where can I find a pdf of the 1895 infantry sword exercise?
@kimchipig2 ай бұрын
By 1916, junior officers usually wore a standard enlisted man's uniform. The officer's uniform made them a conspicuous target.
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
A famous photo of Lancashire Fusiliers at the Somme in 1916 includes a second lieutenant who seems to be wearing an enlisted man's tunic. He has also moved his rank badges to his shoulder straps, as opposed to the much more conspicuous sleeve rank badges of the regulations.
@roberthunter69272 ай бұрын
Officer or not, going into battle my priories would be ammo, water, rations, and medical supplies, and depending on the weather, some form of shelter. Notepads are handy for all ranks. But everything else is for being in reserve. The enemy does not care how pretty you are. Yes, hygiene is important, but washing and shaving creates artificial odors, and if you are a Fitzpatrick Scale One skin tone, your face becomes a beacon. A beard breaks up your facial features, so it is good camouflage. If you look at after action reports of battles, it is a story about soldiers running out of the essentials. No bullets, grenades or other weapons to fight with. Or bleeding to death. Longer term, lack of food or water or shelter, or sleep. For the parade ground, or in times of ceremony and peace, yes, there is a time for 100% smartness, for all ranks. I agree 100% on the point. But in battle, or battle-training, dirt is "good'. Soldier have to move, but if you don't have to, be a part of the ground. Troops will be far more impressed with you if you save a life, or give a soldier who is all in, a break. Take part of his sentry duty for example. Make sure the troops are as comfortable as possible before you take YOUR rest. Eat after them or with them, and share your food or drink, if necessary. A contact, especially if it is unexpected, and it is not uncommon for all ranks to have a "code-brown". The mark of the professional soldier is to get past that, and achieve the mission. And if you are an ordinary soldier, you do the same thing to your officers and soldiers. Look after them, make sure they are OK. It is about being ONE, an organism with a common goal. Every soldier, ranker or officers, has a specialization or specializations. I am unimpressed with the officer tradition, because if an officer's reputation depends on him looking pretty and little, else, it is a failure of leadership and training. My two cents.
@robertstallard78362 ай бұрын
This is the contents of the valise. You wouldn't be carrying it into battle!
@roberthunter69272 ай бұрын
@@robertstallard7836 Somebody would have to. Unless trench warfare of course. Sleeping gear has to be on the back. In a backpack. A solider has to carry everything into battle.
@robertstallard78362 ай бұрын
@@roberthunter6927 No - a soldier most certainly did NOT carry everything into battle during WW1. This is a common misconception. The officers had a valise for their personal kit (as shown in the video), and the men had the 1908 large pack. Both performed the same function - just different shapes! Both were intended only for containing kit such as the greatcoat and a blanket when changing stations. They would occasionally be carried when marching from place to place (although where possible they'd be carried in the baggage waggon in battalion transport) but they wouldn't be taken into battle; simply brought up later by battalion transport. You'll see this time and again in Operation Orders of the period, where the men are instructed to leave large packs at X location for collection by battalion transport. Here's an example: "Kits for Transport: Great Coats, Valises, Packs, Blankets, etc, will be dumped outside Batt. H.Q. by 4.00p.m. These men of "I Company who remain at the Brown Line will keep their blankets with them." (1 Bn, Rifle Brigade). For battle, if they were part of the initial assault force, they would generally carry just basic webbing with the small pack (haversack) that contained necessities such as washing kit, mess tins, rations etc. Follow-up troops would bring up the spades, wire etc that were required for consolidating the captured position. The greatcoats and blankets would be brought up later still or, more likely, the assaulting troops would be replaced by others and they'd be reunited with their large packs once out of the line. As for your last points, the basic premise was the same then as it is now - the men's welfare came first, as you rightly state, and the officers' second. The close bond between officers and men in the British armed forces has been borne out of this concept and well practiced before and since WW1. Even with the huge expansion of the army during the war, with officers being drawn from other than traditional sources, the level of training was still maintained at a high level and they performed perfectly effectively.
@roberthunter69272 ай бұрын
@@robertstallard7836 Probably why they died like flies then.
@robertstallard78362 ай бұрын
@@roberthunter6927 Quite the oposite! A soldier in contact with the enemy doesn't want to be burdened with unnecessary kit like greatcoats and blankets! Hence the very common sense-approach of dumping that and equipping lightly for actual combat with only the essentials like ammunition, basic rations and water.