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The Highland Subaltern
Добавлен 26 апр 2020
I am an academic and living historian, making videos on aspects of military life during the early 20th Century, from tactics to uniforms, from signals to field engineering!
WW1 British Officer Selection & Training, c.1914
In this video, I cover the ways in which a potential officer could obtain a commission in the British regular army before the outbreak of the First World War, the factors which impacted the selection process, and a brief overview of the type of training he received.
Select Bibliography:
Regulations under which Commissions in the Army may be Obtained by University Candidates, (London, HMSO, 1906).
Regulations under which Commissions in the Regular Forces may be Obtained by Officers of the Militia and Imperial Yeomanry, (London: HMSO, 1904).
Regulations Respecting Admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and for First Appointments therefrom to the Army, (London: HMSO, 1904).
R.F. L...
Select Bibliography:
Regulations under which Commissions in the Army may be Obtained by University Candidates, (London, HMSO, 1906).
Regulations under which Commissions in the Regular Forces may be Obtained by Officers of the Militia and Imperial Yeomanry, (London: HMSO, 1904).
Regulations Respecting Admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and for First Appointments therefrom to the Army, (London: HMSO, 1904).
R.F. L...
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'A Heartbreaking Experience' - The Black Watch at Magersfontein, 1899
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
This video is an account of the Battle of Magersfontein, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, by an officer of The Black Watch, Christian Malise Hore-Ruthven. This battle was one of the greatest catastrophes in Scottish military history, and Hore-Ruthven's account illustrates the sheer extent of the mental and physical suffering endured by the Highland Brigade. This video is part of a collaboratio...
WW1 Black Watch Soldier's Uniform - 1914
Просмотров 19 тыс.Год назад
In this video we look at the uniform and equipment of a private of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch, at the outbreak of war in 1914.
WW1 Officer's Valise and Contents
Просмотров 43 тыс.2 года назад
In this video we take a look at the equipment carried by First World War British officers in their valises as part of their 35lbs baggage allowance, according to the 1914 Field Service Pocket Book.
WW1 Officers Food
Просмотров 71 тыс.2 года назад
In this video, we take a look at the food eaten by British officers during the First World War. Was it better than the soldier's food? Watch the video to find out! Photo Credits: Imperial War Museum and Fortnum and Mason Archive.
The 1914 Christmas Truce - Edward Hulse's Story
Просмотров 9682 года назад
The 1914 Christmas Truce is one of the most well known, and perhaps most misunderstood, events of the First World War. In this video, we hear a first-hand account from Captain Sir Edward Hulse, 2nd Scots Guards, of what really happened in December 1914. Images: Imperial War Museum
Black Watch Corner - 1st Battle of Ypres, 1914
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.2 года назад
In this video we take a look at the events leading up to the 11th of November 1914, and the famous action at Nonne Bosschen.
1914 Black Watch Officer's Mess Dress - WW1 Uniform and Equipment Part 2
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
In this video we take a look at the dancing and mess dress uniforms of a Black Watch officer in the Edwardian era.
WW1 Officers' Uniform and Equipment Part 1 - Active Service Kit
Просмотров 17 тыс.3 года назад
Where did officers get their kit? What did they need? And, perhaps most importantly, how much did it cost? In this video, we look at the basic kit an officer in 1914 had to provide himself with after commissioning, and various extra items which proved popular amongst subalterns at the front. Using advertisements and price lists from the period, we can calculate the total cost of these privately...
The Angels of Mons - Myth or Reality?
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.3 года назад
In this video, we take a look at the story of the Angels of Mons, from fictional tales to the very real impact of war.
WW1 Officer Rank Structure (1914 Infantry Battalion)
Просмотров 22 тыс.3 года назад
In this video, we take a look at the different roles and responsibilities of regular infantry officers in 1914, and their place within the battalion. Sources: Field Service Manual (Infantry Battalion), 1914 Infantry Training, 1914 Field Service Regulations, 1909 "The Military Education of Junior Officers in the Edwardian Army", by Andrew Duncan "Stemming the Tide, Officers and Leadership in the...
Kilts in the Snow? How Highland Soldiers Survived Winter in the Trenches
Просмотров 14 тыс.3 года назад
In this video I answer a common question; did Scottish soldiers wear the kilt in winter and how did they keep warm? As you may have noticed, I was pretty cold just standing in front of the camera! Bibliography: "Clothing Regulations 1914" "Letters from Flanders", by Alexander Gillespie "A History of the Black Watch in the Great War, 1914-1918", by Arthur Wauchope
A Short History of Christmas in WW1
Просмотров 9043 года назад
Merry Christmas! In this video, we take a short look at how Christmas was celebrated during the war, at the front and at home, some soldiers couldn't take part in the 1914 Christmas Truce, and what they did instead.
A WW1 Soldier's Uniform and Equipment - 2nd Battalion Royal Scots
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
In this video we take a look at the uniform and equipment of a private of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) in 1914. Bibliography: Field Service Pocket Book (1914) Regulations for the Clothing of the Army, Part 1 (1914)
WW1 Whistle Signals
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We're all familiar with the "trench whistle" which signalled thousands of men to go "over the top" during the Great War, but what did the whistle signals actually sound like? In this video, we look at the system of whistle signals introduced in 1905, and the reasons for it's adoption.
Cooking in WW1 - Preserved Meat Stew
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Cooking in WW1 - Preserved Meat Stew
Tactics of 1914 - The Fighting Retreat
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Tactics of 1914 - The Fighting Retreat
Barbed Wire & Booby Traps - WW1 Field Engineering
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Barbed Wire & Booby Traps - WW1 Field Engineering
A WW1 Officer's Uniform & Kit - 1st Battalion The Black Watch
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A WW1 Officer's Uniform & Kit - 1st Battalion The Black Watch
How the WW1 Officer's Sword Was Used
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How the WW1 Officer's Sword Was Used
Tactics of 1914 - Defensive Positions
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Tactics of 1914 - Defensive Positions
Great War Kit - The Officer's Universal Pattern Greatcoat
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Great War Kit - The Officer's Universal Pattern Greatcoat
Tactics of 1914 - Fighting in Close Country
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Tactics of 1914 - Fighting in Close Country
WW1 Hand Signals for Skirmishing - 1914
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WW1 Hand Signals for Skirmishing - 1914
Tactics of 1914 - The Advance and Assault in Extended Order
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Tactics of 1914 - The Advance and Assault in Extended Order
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.
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).
I might have included a grenade...or two.
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.
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.
You don't have a volume control on your device? I suppose you want someone to adjust it for you too?
@@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.
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.
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.
Spare latrine paper would have been an idea. Daily ration issue was, if any, 3or 4 sheets i think
Well, shit, that ain’t nearly enough once the dysentery sets in.
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👍🏻🇬🇧