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Good job! This is an interesting subject and you have done well with it

Excellant! Many thanks.

Awesom-O!

I’m obsessed with the vibrant uniforms of Scotland, Ireland and British uniforms and the rich history that comes with it. I’m American do you all know our history is so short and with American as a melting pot of the world, that singular pride that most countries have. The Scots have the most beautiful uniforms to me.

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

A great unit 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks for the informative video! I find the maneuver war of 1914 quite challenging.

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.

I used to have an officer’s valise which I donated to the museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop.

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.

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

ww1 stupid pastime

I have my Black watch glengarry and kilt that i wear on Burns day every year. I still enjoy my haggis .

Thank's a lot for this video. Coz of the music, i need to watch "the longest day"...

Sewing kit is very styled

Are you the ghost from 1915?ok

My great -grandfather was D Coy SgtMajor Andrew Gray 42 nd Highlanders who was involved in this action...

Interesting videos, but the ear-splitting bagpipes make it unwatchable.

Employed some of the men to serve them? By ‘employed’ you mean ordered the ‘minions’ to be their servants or valets.

That folding lantern is fantastic, thank you for the vid!

Cool lanten!

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.😂

Would be nice ifvyou explained the unusual items… putties…. And sounded like ‘housewife’ but looked like a covid facemask

First off, officer's did not wear putties.

A welcome change for officers to put on canvas hoes after marching all day??? What about other ranks? Don’t think they had plimsolls-😏

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.

This narrator is a dead ringer for Sean Bean.

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!

And nowadays people be using them to chop bikers head I seen a lot of them

Probably A Great Video. But The Commentator Isn't Good

Churchill fed his men in the Scots Guards

Those Boots would not pass muster.

When did the intelligence officer appear? In modern times, it's usually a lieutenant from the battalion.

Typical British stiff upper lip! American officers would’ve stolen a cook stove!

0:54 Meat Lozenges? Bleeergh

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

Years ago I was talking with a Canadian WWI veteran who shared the scarring around his knees where a wet kilt froze to flesh.

where did you get your kilt?

Regimental Signals Officers ?

pfff i wold rather eat with men and give cooks my ration

It freaks me out that they had to BUY produce. They didn't just RECEIVE vegetables.

I might have included a grenade...or two.

In a 1970s tank battalion, I can still see the relevance of this video.

A very nice video though the level of volume is quite low making it difficult to hear.

Thats democracy for you. Politicians hide, and leave us to fight so its normal for us to be treated like crap.

Wellies

Even as a U.S. Marine officer I had to take a bank loan to pay for all my uniforms.

Spare latrine paper would have been an idea. Daily ration issue was, if any, 3or 4 sheets i think

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.

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👍🏻🇬🇧