Dressing a British Grenadier
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Now that we've seen how an 18th-century merchant got ready for the day, let's see how a member of the 8th regiment got dressed for the day. #thisismackinac #mackinacparks125
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[with genuine sadness in his voice]: I don't have handgrenades right now.
13:56 for all those wondering :)
Actually I would be relieved if I were him and I were carrying NO grenades. 18th century grenades were pretty dangerous compared to the stuff our armies use today.
Let's hope he doesn't come across any killer rabbits :D
And gun!!!
@@akechijubeimitsuhide He can send in the Spanish Inquisition after them.
Gotta love a man in uniform! That is an incredibly flattering outfit--looking good, sir!
God, that shirt! I thought boxer shorts were a tactical nightmare.
Damm we had good uniform
Great video enjoyed it. Could you make a video about Confederate uniforms?
why no wig?
Bro what if a soldier had to shit hella bad lol
The (cant remember the spelling lol) splatter dashes are the same as the 1st Battalion Scots guards (as well as other) regiment bands in Scotland still wear the Black Watch though ruclips.net/video/S00SFXh_ThI/видео.html though one of the pipers least (because its not that regiment) lacking the George V banner that hands off the bass drone (the highland pipes have a tenor drone as well).
"This is not something you would wear every day..."
-Sir that's EXACTLY what I'd wear every day
It's actually interesting to see how the idea of a "dress" uniform has evolved over the years, from I imagine simply being a clean fully intact regular uniform to this where you have a bunch of additional accessories and specific headgear to what we have now where it's a completely different uniform worn for ceremonial purposes.
Same
Me: has a major assignment due at midnight
also me: "I absolutely MUST know how a British Grenadier dressed"
I hope your assignment was about British Grenadiers lol
Yea I literally have an exam due tonight lol
i need to be doing a assignment in music about marching but instead im writing about a box and watching this
likewise chap, got march to that filth & drum
I hope you got a good grade.
Man, what a chore when using the toilet! Thanks for the Interesting video!
Οr when u shit your shirt wtf
Thanks for watching!
It would have been a bastard.
@@jothegreek I'm shiddin rn
Might as well wear a kilt...
Fine in the winter but can you imagine wearing all that in the bloody summer poor sods
At the battle of Monmouth in New Jersey in the USA a lot of soldiers died of heat stroke. It was late June and very hot.
As someone who worked a summer at a Fort and was a Grenedier i can assure most of the time it was awful. Normally my squad would be outside all day marching or even playing a game that was kind of a mix of baseball and cricket or even just eating pears from the officers pear tree (that we wern't allowed near or even to touch the white fence around said tree and officers quarters) or doing a bit of extra like having one squad member in the brig as a 'deserter' and guarding him so the public could go see.
But on the hot days we only did about 15 minutes of outside stuff at a time before having to come back inside because it was just so hot. It was not fun.
The uniform isn’t especially hot. As a natural fiber, the wool breathes much better than synthetic stuff we mostly wear today. Also, having linen against your skin wicks away sweat and helps cool you down. Finally, if it’s hot, it’s hot, regardless of what you’re wearing.
@@im-mortal1761 Our staff has found that the wool actually breathes OK, so they find it's not as bad as it could be.
@@MackinacStateHistoricParks oh okay.
Now that’s soldiering.
Horseguards shall hear of this Sir
You mean Major Sharpe, wot took the Froggy Eagle at Tallyvera? I guess I missed the episode, "Sharpe's Mosquito Bites"...
whoever loses the king's colours... loses the king's friendship
Wellsly what does he know about soldiering
No sir, you shall not Horseguards me sir!
"He's been shot! Take is shirt off, we need to stop the bleeding"
*bleeds out after they get the first piece off*
Honestly unless he's an officer you would be lucky to get any medical service, some reports from the napoleonic era say that the wounded had to walk themselves to the field hospital. even then, there were no qualifications needed or designated medical role on the field so their medical science was basically "cut his limbs off".
I'm gonna be honest if you get shot in the torso with a .75 caliber chunk of lead you're probably not getting saved
Each to their own but I have heard the red coat was to hide the blood.
it really goes to show how the clothing was an incentive for people to enlist in the military. You'd get two pairs of shoes a year, how wonderful!
The bright uniforms with shiny buttons definitely tempted young men to enlist!
@@ROCKSLIDZ Still do.
Thanks for that, my great great great grandfather was a Grenadier in the 18th hundreds. Served at Buckingham Palace for a few years and also was in military prison for fighting.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
Excellent! He covered the full scope of service, then.
If it was the 1800s, then he would have served in His Majesty's First or 'Grenadier' Regiment of Foot Guards. This is different from a Grenadier Company in a line regiment. The Grenadier Guards were then and are now the finest Regiment in the world and you shoudl feel proud!
@@PhilHarmonicus He said the 18th century, so not 1800s
@@ghostie7028 He wrote "18th hundreds"
RUclips: Hey, you want to see a British Grenadier get dressed?
Me: Well, yes!
Hear ye hear ye here we have a drip check
Respect the drip Karen
Your uniform is on fleek, sir.
I have been reading old novels. Now I see why only close friends and brothers would let each other borrow shirts. Even then it would be rare.
Interesting. What novels have you been reading?
The Aubrey series by Patrick O Brian in addition to some older novels on the Gutenberg free library. The above video put into perspective some of the character's annoyance at being asked to lend shirts.
@@adeptronic Oh, nice! I've been meaning to start reading the Aubrey series, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
This would be a problem when you're sick with Dysentery or cholera.
Which is quite prevalent during a campaign.
They would’ve got cholera during the revolutionary war, but yes, dysentery was prevalent.
@@theegiver7478 dysentery AKA the ‘bloody flux’.
I was thinking they probably got skid marks on there undershirts......................
Don't worry. They had plenty of Indigenous women to do the laundry and other such services. Half of northern Michigan and a good part of the US Midwest, Ontario and western Canada are descendants of such unions, myself included.
Nah, when you realize you got a case of frequent trots, you just pop your pants off and put them on backwards, so that you can use the flap in as a quick exit :D
Meanwhile, i get annoyed when I have to put on a polo shirt and jeans.
XD
Polos are uncomfortable.
@@NCC1371 then you are wearing little boy walmart polos bud
If I'm ever invited to an independence day party this will be my dress code for the event 🥳
The dress code of losers
I would invite you I love it lolol, would have to meet you the colonial blues though 😉
There was some competition among European Monarchs to have the biggest, tallest, most imposing men serve in their Grenadier Regiments. Grenadiers had to be big men to throw the heavy iron grenades. Later they were used as Assault troops.
Imagine what that “underwear” looked like after a soldier had explosive diarrhea.
And then imagine having to pull it all off over your head.
Wow, probably a lot like what it would look like today in boxer shorts, ya think?
@@holton345 a bit more problematic because to get this off you have to pull it over your head like the other guy said...yikes! That's a moment I'd love to have a grenadier's hanger to cut off some fabric
Smeared poopoo
Alright! Everyone up! We´re going now!
Any other soldier: *Puts boots and grabs rifle
18th century british soldier:
Don't forget the colonies had the Continental Army and they were dressed similarly to their European and British counterparts. The colonial militia did wear whatever they had on hand.
imagine doing all this work dressing up just to get shot during the first moments of the battle because that's how line battles work
He's a grenadier. He'll shoot back, come to attention and request permission to die
Imagine doing all this work dressing up and not getting getting shot at all in the battle, because they are using muskets which are inaccurate and take ages to load.
@@projectilequestion so you're telling me, that from the years 1500-1900, not a single person died in combat?
@@za.monolit yeah :p
@@projectilequestion A musket from the time has no trouble hitting a man sized target a hundred meters away, skirmish range was commonly out to 300 meters.
Just weird to see how different people dressed years ago
I guess I shouldn’t complain about my jeans and T shirts anymore
I was a modern infantryman. Sometimes, we didn't even wear any underwear at all. I think wearing your full-dress uniform in combat would be cool. They're going to see you. May as well be wearing your medals.
Medals were very uncommon until after the napoleonic era, for example Sir Arthur Wellesley had 5 (British) medals if you include 3 knighthoods, if you don't then its 2, of which one was the Peninsula Cross which was awarded if you were above the rank of Captain in the Peninsula campaign, and the other was a Waterloo medal, which was given to every British army and KGL soldier that fought in Waterloo, so were both quite common. In total he had 31 awards including foreign knighthoods and medals. So not that many medals considering all that he did.
Thank you for the video, best wishes from West Yorkshire.
The Queen's Rangers and Riflemen units from this time period to about the mid 1800's seemed to have a much less fussy (more modern looking) uniform. They even wore actual trouser (pants) and real boots rather than shoes.
If you have walked outside a paved road on a rainy day you don't favor full trousers
their hats were cooler IMO
Yes, in 1801 was an experimental unit with VERY expensive Baker rifles. Now for reasons of economy and Doctrine, they were limited to two regiments. But in the Victorian Era, there was an huge change in Military doctrine and technology, and the Rifles were ever more and more present in the Army as a whole. And in the 1880s the Entire British army changed their traditional Red to Khaki
There is something that makes me wonder.
I realised from a video about women's wear from about the same time that the wear was cleverly designed to let them relieve them selves discretely and with dignity, but fast and effortlessly. Simply put all undergown was open downwards and never closed between the legs.
I realised that back in those days an indoor toilet wasn't that common and being outside the most of the day was the norm. Women would simply squat down at a discrete location and the dress would cover everything. Thus making a long and multilayered dress more practical back then than in a modern society with heavy urbanization and lots of indoor activity.
It's very clear from this uniform that it's ment to do the same. Besides the uniform is shaped to lead focus to the genitals and thus virility - very common back then, it's also designed for easy relieve. So tucking the shirt between your legs when everything else is designed that way makes me wonder if they had a certain way of tucking the shirt.
Also, they were used to working with ropes and fabrics in all kind of different ways, so why not think that they regarded the shirt in a similar fascion with some kind of idea of how to tuck the shirt correctly?
Would the Grenadier officer not have also worn a Gorget? ( the vestigial metal plates across the chest or neck -as opposed to shoulder tab gorgets)
I don't think so, only cuirassiers would wear such chest armour.
@@zacmeatball6407 Gorgets are commonly seen among officers of all branches as an indication of seniority so it wouldn't suprise me to see Grenadier officers (particularly Lieutenants) with Gorgets. It's only a crescent shaped plate about the length of my hand after all
Officers wore gorgets.
Please do more video about 18-19th century clothing.
I find these clothes very attractive and elegant.
The uniform looks great on you too !
Men do look good in these clothes dont they? Very attractive.
Of course they do
Styled, tailored, what gent doesn't love a long tailed coat
It's amazing
This was an amazing video, full of excellent detail.
Glad you enjoyed!
This is far more stylish than we could ever get to appreciate. Thanks for the video.
That undershirt/night can't be comfortable once tucked in.
Fascinating! Seeing inside the cartridge pouch is something I haven't seen before!
This video was extremely useful. I have often wondered about how the dressing norms evolved over time. This makes it clear and tells you more. Thank you, really.
I watched a grown man play dress up for 16 minutes
But nice vid
No, you watched a grown man give a presentation on the kit of a grenadier during one of the most important conflicts in British/American history.
great informative material, one significant remark though: the hangars /briquets were used in hand to hand combat extensively and very efficiently so even with the shooting line tactics used in late XVIII Century they were very useful (by all means NOT a decorative piece ;) ) A few years later Napoleon's tactics introuced regrouping firing ranks into charging columns with bayonets and hangars, proving their terrific practical value.
I always think it's annoying when people always preface swords as "decorative" when giving military history when in reality swords saw use by commissioned officers and cavalry all the way up to and during some of world War one and even in some instances during world War two (japan being the main user). They were 100% not simply decorative. If your life came down to it and that sword is what you have than you better believe people killed with them to survive close Quarters fighting. Only in the post world War 2 Era did swords finally enter a truly decorative or ceremonial roll completely.
The British Grenadier Guards who watched this: "Hmmm... lets see how this man does it..."
those hats must have been roughly one thousand degrees. that would be my reason for not wearing the things unless somebody told me to lmao
...you need to add "the 18 century" to the clip title...
Love it thankyou Sir for the video
Only 4 years late - 4 years didn't mean much back then in my opinion.
Stolen Valor !!
British tourists laugh at the fact that my people used to wear wide leg riding trousers that look like skirts from a distance but their ancestors used to wear yoga mom kneepants and choker collar to war...
and won many wars with it
@@First_Sea_Lord_Ford ya no doubt, Im not bullying British soldiers from 1760 or whatever that would be stupid. It’s just funny how what we consider “proper” “manly” clothing is something pretty flexible and these clothes (or indeed the skirt-looking pants with floral embroidered aprons) were the proper manly man clothing a hundred years ago.
In 1800s is army pink was manly. Their version of this sort of uniform was called "pinks and greens" looks hilarious by today's western standards lol
@@joshschneider9766 not exactly. The pink and greens was the US service uniform from 1920 until 1948. A modern version of it was introduced three years ago. The pants arent that pink on the modern version so it looks a bit less odd and it actually looks quite good!
But yea pink is a super underrated colour for men, I have been on the hint to find the shade that looks good on me for a while.
Good video.
Question: Would an 18th century soldier really get away with wearing his sword belt off-centre as demonstrated?
I think,if they were an Grenadier atleast,(and correct me if i’m wrong but grenadiers were highly respected shock troops) nobody would dare correct them,unless it was an Officer,whom normally doesn’t look very closely at his soldiers.
Great that this is being recommended! Hope I can get a chance to go there sometime!
Speaking as a Civil War reenactor, there is a 1000% [one thousand] percent chance of someone putting on proper modern underwear under that rig were he not doing a demo video 😁🤣 That wool can become **quite** uncomfortable on your 'undercarriage', especially in the summer. And I can say that from personal experience....
that's because wool retains our internal body temperature.
@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Mostly it's because wool abrades against the skin. Trust me. It's embarrassing to go limping into the drug store looking for diaper rash creme for yourself 🤣😁
Yeah, that happened to me.
So nowadays I wear sweat pants cut off to knee length against my skin, with my linen shirt tucked over it, so as not to be seen by the public when my sack coat is off.
Another trick for Civil War reenactors is that in our era they'd developed actual underwear for the lower half of the body. The army issued linen 'britches' to the troops. So what you do is sew button holes to the waist band of your under-britches and buttons to the interior waistband of your woolen trousers. Button the britches into the trousers, and 'Wa-La!'
(Spends 2 hours getting dressed)
(Promptly shits his pants)
Why didn’t you do a continental solider not militia but just a regular solider
Any ideas what a crenadier soldier cost to arm an equip anyone
I feel like I fought this man in one of my AC games, still very interesting lore behind every particular article of attire and was fun to watch
For much that I like the AC series, the 3rd one had the worst plot, conviniently omited history and poor man's uniforms...Yuck!
И это надо сделать пока горит спичка
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SOME TALK OF ALEXANDER AND SOME OF HERCULES!
OF HECTOR AND LYSANDER, AND SUCH GREAT NAMES AS THESE!
@@FBIAGENT725 BUT OF ALL THE WORLDS GREAT HEROS THERES NONE THAT CAN COMPARE!
@@smudged_cats4924 WITH A TOW,ROW,ROW,ROW,ROW,ROW, FOR THE BRITISH GRENADIERS!
@@FBIAGENT725 THOSE HEROS OF ANTIQUITY NE'ER SAW A CANNON BALL,
@@smudged_cats4924 OR KNEW THE FORCE OF POWDER TO SLAY THEIR FOES WITHAL
Awesome video! Wouldn’t the belt buckle on that strap be aligned with the buttons on the shirt, though? Just asking, since the asymmetry kinda bugs me, lol.
The dress looks sickening uncomfortable to wear
I hope this is isn't too much of a daft question..how many times a week would a soldier of this period be expected to wash themselves and their uniform? Being an ex matelot, it was considered unhygienic if you didn't wash twice daily! Thanks for the vid.
they probably washed every morning
Great video! It must have cost a fortune to dress up a regiment like that in those days.
The button market was definitely striving.
@Chase Williams Makes sense. It was probably as rich as the bullet industry
@@kissme1518 now i have done 0 research into this, but i imagine the button industry was far more rich than the ballet industry. the buttons had to have engraved numbering and lettering while the musket balls were dense lead balls (as my nickname suggested) with density depending on caliber. unless i'm forgetting something which then a good keyboard warrior could correct.
The 8th regiment of foot was from my hometown in England.
My dream is :- I want to be a British soldier💂♂️ in my life but this dream will remain dream😣 because I am from India and in India, the Indian peoples doesn't not love Britishers [ except me ].
I love Britishers, and I love thier English language very much 😍.
Long live Britishers
same bro i am from india too
God those uniforms are so beautiful... 🇬🇧
Excellent video and extremely interesting When this nightmare is over and I can cross the pond again you guys are definitely on my Bukit list Stay safe all the best from the UK
Okay so a note about the hat. Genedier hats is abit of kit from the era where they used generades as tricorn hats made it uncomforteble for the men to throw grenades so they made the hats taller and after Genediers stopped useing them the Hats remained mainly for a fear factor as Grenediers looked mutch taller than their fellow musketeers.
Very very informative. Nicely done! Ahem (clearing my throat in preparation for singing) "Some talk of Alexander and some of Hercules, of Hector and Lysander and such great names as these but of all the worlds great heros there's none that can compare, with a tow and row and row and a row to the British Grenadiers" Those interested can youtube it.
Very interesting thank you
Thank you for watching!
As a member of the K's 8th hat company, you did a great job
Now I want British Grenadier uniform. (And thanks for great and informative video as well as the follow up Q&A!)
As a fellow reenactor I have to ask one important question. Is your equipment hand-sewn?
That's one huge incentive for those clods to join the army. 😳🥺
And most of the soldiers were not the nicest of people, mostly voluntieering for pay. They were considered "scum" in the eyes of the public and as an "necessary evil". The army was seen as the tool of Princes and Kings rather than the Fighters of the Nation
I thought “breeches” was pronounced “britches” 🤔🤨
Also, “westcutt”.
very nice video, also impressed at the correct pronunciation of Buckingham
Thank you!
did anyone else think he didn't have toes at first?
144 dislikes from Americans lol
Time travel history l like it.👍
Thank you so much. I was always wondering about the brass tube on the chest. No I learned it's purpose.
i feel like im watching someone from 2500 that time travelled back in time
When you think about that..
Those pants actually look like modern days underpants, that old people wear while chilling at home.
4:20 Richard Sharpe says there's better ways of keeping a man's head up.
3 rounds a min!! Now that’s soldiering!!
@@scottiramage317 Bite, pour, spit, tap, aim, and fire
Wow, What's the location of this?
6:18 any soldier from any period will tell you, keeping your feet dry is a priority
Luetenent Dan would be proud
Wow. I used to live about 100 miles from that.
Qiestion: Is the belt buckle supposed to be worn on the side or the front?
It looks like the double frog belt is sown where the swords hang rather hanging by hoops, so it would be impractical to line up by the belt buckle. If the belt buckle was centered on his body, the sword would jut out at a weird angle and be very difficult to pull.
Me: **sips tea**
Also me: **watching this on midnight**
The Grenadines were big boys either good arms for tossing explosive gifts. The light infantry were smaller, swifter guys who could be repositioned quickly to out flank an enemy.
Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these.
But of all the world's brave heroes, there's none that can compare.
With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, to the British Grenadiers 🇬🇧
bearskin hats were warm in winter and cool in summer. they also made you look taller and more imposing, and made it harder for enemies to get an accurate shot at your head.
but how could they wear that collar all day, especially in summer. ugh.
Imagine doing this before you got a big battle to get ready for!
Wouldn't that brass buckle on your belt be centered on your body?
Some folks speak of Alexander and some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander and such great men as these
But of all the world’s great heroes there’s none that can compare
To the tow row row row row row of the British grenadiers
None of these ancient heroes ne’er saw a cannon ball
Nor knew the force of powder to slay their foes with all
But our brave boys do know it and banish all their fears
Sing tow, row row row , row row row
For the British Grenadiers
When e’er we are commanded to storm the palisades
Our leaders march with fuses, and we with hand grenades;
We throw them from the glacis about the enemies’ ears
Sing tow, row row row , row row row
For the British Grenadiers
And when the siege is over, we to the town repair
The townsmen cry ‘Hurrah, boys, here comes a Grenadier’
Here come the Grenadiers, my boys, who know no doubts or fears
Sing tow, row row row , row row row
For the British Grenadiers
So let us fill a bumper, and drink a health to those
Who carry caps and pouches, and wear the louped clouthes
May they and their commanders live happy all their years
Sing tow, row row row , row row row
For the British Grenadiers
Thank You. Very informative & useful for history projects. Be Safe and Well. Peace & Health
I'm just wondering how did soldiers withstanded tropical heat with all that wool, I can't imagine what it was like to be one of those Spaniards dressed up to the neck in the tropical colonies.
I think in reality they would have most likely not wear all the undergarments whilst in the tropics.
@@aguyishappy3988 probably just the pants and a jacket over the undershirt.
My unit, His Majesty's 84th. Royal Highland Immigrants Company C, were stationed at that fort! We used to say we were the only area appropriate unit, as members of the 84th were sent to the area of what is now Milwaukee Wisconsin on His Majesty's Ship the Felicity to check out rumors of unrest among the Native Americans there. My redcoat, regimental stockings, and cotton duck breaches are still cherished belongings! But I HATED our leather neck stocks!
In Toronto's Hyde Park there's a body of water named Grenadier Pond . I belive soldiers at this time used 25 cent paper note to line their legs (Shin Plasters) for insulation for protection from the cold Canadian winter.
Back in the days of gentlemen warfare...smashing. Working to get me a continental officers uniform, of Colonel. Would love too have french cuirassier & hussar uniform's of the seven years war, & Napoleonic...awesome.
I dunno ... as much as a blast this uniform would have been (fashion wise) unfortunately it pretty much bombed by the 19th century. I blame rifling and the precussion cap for it.
@@nicolapettorosso221 yeah, but bright uniforms only became a really bad idea when smokeless powder came around, in ww1, the French initially wore bright uniforms of bright red and blue, and had heavy casualties when facing German troops with modern weaponry, later, they adopted a lighter kind of blue uniform,and slowly started to wear steel helmets, to minimize the earlier heavy losses of men due to artillery bombardments, due to shrapnel flying in their unprotected heads.
@@nicolapettorosso221 and rifling really ended this custom of wearing bright uniforms, though, they already existed as early as the 15 century, but only the invention of the minnie ball, and the percussion system made them more practical to use than old fashioned muskets,carbines and arcabuses.
I wonder if this horsehair neckwear is just decorative or if it has a protective value... or maybe a protective origin? Really cool video about a period I don't know much about.
Question: Am I correct in the thought that to be in the Grenadiers you had to be tall or strong.
Not to be a smartass but I do have a question- Wouldn't the waist belt buckle not be directly under or in line with the shirts buttons? I wore Scarlets for years and that was the location of the waist belt buckle. I'm just wondering if back then it wasn't normal dress to do that.