My grandad was at the somme, He had already been shot twice and wounded before in other major battles, and was sent back to the front each time. The somme finished him and a shell shattered his right leg. He spent the next month's in hospital ,and came home after the war ended. No applause for him, NO MEDALS, And when he retired from being a dock worker all his life, the British government took his war pension off him, Why because he had a dock pension for which he'd worked all his life 18 shillings and sixpence. And the war pension of 18 shillings . They said he couldn't have both. So he sacrificed the smaller, sixpence was worth something then.. IT'S THE ONLY TIME I SAW MY GRANDAD CRY...FOR SHAME BRITAIN FOR DOING THAT TO These MEN. HIS 4 BROTHERS WENT AND ALL CAME BACK INJURED OR GASSED. HIS 2 BROTHERS INLAW DIDNT COME BACK AT ALL. FOR 18 BLOODY SHILLINGS.
It was all about money. Did you know that Britain made the final payment in Dec 2006. It took 61 years to pay the USA back. No doubt they were trying to save money, no matter the consequences !
To add insult to injury, the English king and the German Kaiser were blood cousins! This wasn’t a war of necessity, but a freemasonic ploy to end Christianity in the West! An entire generation of gentlemen turned into psychopaths….
My Grandfather was at the Somme enlisted from Oxford Capt Coldstream Guards 19 yrs old, he had injuries but how he survived on calvalry charges with 2 horses shot from under him & other trench casualties beside him is Just Lucky. I have his ceremonial Sword 100 years old now. A little tarnished but I wouldn't like to damage it. Less we Forget the Fallen & the cost was disasterous. A great documentary. War is never pretty & this one was catastrophic on both sides. It's unimaginable the carnage, the millions of lost lives, the millions of lost horses & innocent civilians caught up in the constant barrages of destruction. Generations were lost on both sides. The only person not to get it was A.Hitler. That might of changed the World.
Part of the garden where my aunt lives used to be a German trench. It was extensively cleared after ww1. But there's still some wire which we come across from time to time. Its horrible stuff with more barbes per foot than French or British wire. I recently got my arm tangled up in some of it ,rusty and degraded as it was I needed several stitches. How anyone got through it when it was new I don't know.
*Hearing the death counts is always so sad. The thought of seeing such carnage is still incomprehensible. I’m lucky enough to not have seen these brutalities and do not take it for granted. Highest respects for the fallen.*
My great grandfather served in WW1 with the 4th Battalion Territorials of The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He arrived in Boulogne, France on 12th April 1915, and the battalion formed up around Estaires. On 15th May it was renamed the 148th Brigade, 49th West Riding Division. He fought at the: Battle of Aubers Ridge; Somme Campaign; Battle of Poelcappelle (to one side of Passchendaele); 3rd Battle of Ypres (1st Battle of Passchendaele); Battle of the Lys (sometimes called the 4th Battle of Ypres); and in the pursuit into Selle and the final advance into Picardy. He survived the war unscathed physically. Although psychologically the war changed him as it did so many men who served. BS, my great grandfather knew Old Contemptible's when he was on The Somme. By the way, after WW1 there was a subscription to The Old Contemptibles Association of some 50,000 men. They had not all been wiped out, although the vast majority of the BEF had been killed or wounded in the 1st & 2nd Battle's of Ypres. After The Somme wrapped up the 148th Brigade, 49th West Riding Division moved off to Poelcappelle. And these men, what did they return to after putting their lives on the line with so many making the ultimate sacrifice? A land fit for hero's? No, but rather unemployment, starvation, poverty, pity, a paltry war pension, and a few medals. That's what they returned to, because nobody gave a damn about them, what they had seen, experienced, or achieved. It was a case of you have done your bit, now shut up and sod off. Nobody is interested. Having known many of the WW1 veterans in my youth, when asked what was it all for, their answer would invariably be nothing, nothing at all. All that death, destruction, suffering, privations, and horror for nothing other than the day to day contemplation of when exactly death would come calling, and whether they would see another day alive. In my great grandfathers words......a waste, such a despicable and heinous waste and slaughter of so many good fine men.
God bless you grandad, Miss you every day. This country let you down on the Somme, and in your civilian life....Badley wounded three times, ending on the Somme. No hoorah for you, no easy life.
All I've learned is we allow ourselves to be subjected to individuals who believe us nothing more than cannon fodder. It's not about an evil man but many who believed the others were evil. Paranoia and passing peaceful time to adjudicate something over nothing. All for archduke Ferdinand.
My Grandfather was a machine gunner in WW1 , 47th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment machine gun corp's , he stated he was at most of the big battles including the Somme , however due to the records office being bombed and set on fire the records no longer exist , he only said a few words about his experiences , some of which were a bit grusome and cannot be recounted on here , wear your poppy with pride , for millions gave their lives that we may live in peace !
Why were these young men so obedient?? I don't think todays young men would go over the top after seeing waves of their comrades being mowed down ahead of them. Ok, they didn't want to be seen as cowards, but in this case, they would literally have lived longer even if they faced a firing squad.. die now or buy an extra 2 weeks of life...what would you do?
Your not factoring in that these men did this "For King and Country" they were loyal to home and it was unconscionable to not fight for home, regardless of if it was a suicide mission or not. Young men these days don't have the same kind of upbringing that these young men had, it is that simple. It's not a knock on either upbringing, its simply how it is.
@@jayo3074 For King I would agree, I'm not fighting for a king or a queen. For country is a different matter. In an aggressive war, no I'm not doing it. If its defending my home, then yes I will fight to my last breath to protect my home and family.
@lnwolf7563 the only way I will fight for the UK is if we are in imminent danger and need to defend ourselves. Outside of that I'm not interested. Most wars are mostly over commercial reasons such as Iraq and Afghanistan
My grandad was at the somme, He had already been shot twice and wounded before in other major battles, and was sent back to the front each time. The somme finished him and a shell shattered his right leg. He spent the next month's in hospital ,and came home after the war ended. No applause for him, NO MEDALS, And when he retired from being a dock worker all his life, the British government took his war pension off him, Why because he had a dock pension for which he'd worked all his life 18 shillings and sixpence. And the war pension of 18 shillings . They said he couldn't have both. So he sacrificed the smaller, sixpence was worth something then.. IT'S THE ONLY TIME I SAW MY GRANDAD CRY...FOR SHAME BRITAIN FOR DOING THAT TO These MEN. HIS 4 BROTHERS WENT AND ALL CAME BACK INJURED OR GASSED. HIS 2 BROTHERS INLAW DIDNT COME BACK AT ALL. FOR 18 BLOODY SHILLINGS.
It was all about money. Did you know that Britain made the final payment in Dec 2006. It took 61 years to pay the USA back.
No doubt they were trying to save money, no matter the consequences !
Your math doesn’t check out.
To add insult to injury, the English king and the German Kaiser were blood cousins! This wasn’t a war of necessity, but a freemasonic ploy to end Christianity in the West! An entire generation of gentlemen turned into psychopaths….
My Grandfather was at the Somme enlisted from Oxford Capt Coldstream Guards 19 yrs old, he had injuries but how he survived on calvalry charges with 2 horses shot from under him & other trench casualties beside him is Just Lucky. I have his ceremonial Sword 100 years old now. A little tarnished but I wouldn't like to damage it. Less we Forget the Fallen & the cost was disasterous. A great documentary. War is never pretty & this one was catastrophic on both sides. It's unimaginable the carnage, the millions of lost lives, the millions of lost horses & innocent civilians caught up in the constant barrages of destruction. Generations were lost on both sides. The only person not to get it was A.Hitler. That might of changed the World.
The best efforts of humanity organized for this purpose.
Part of the garden where my aunt lives used to be a German trench. It was extensively cleared after ww1. But there's still some wire which we come across from time to time.
Its horrible stuff with more barbes per foot than French or British wire.
I recently got my arm tangled up in some of it ,rusty and degraded as it was I needed several stitches.
How anyone got through it when it was new I don't know.
*Hearing the death counts is always so sad. The thought of seeing such carnage is still incomprehensible. I’m lucky enough to not have seen these brutalities and do not take it for granted. Highest respects for the fallen.*
My great grandfather served in WW1 with the 4th Battalion Territorials of The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He arrived in Boulogne, France on 12th April 1915, and the battalion formed up around Estaires. On 15th May it was renamed the 148th Brigade, 49th West Riding Division. He fought at the: Battle of Aubers Ridge; Somme Campaign; Battle of Poelcappelle (to one side of Passchendaele); 3rd Battle of Ypres (1st Battle of Passchendaele); Battle of the Lys (sometimes called the 4th Battle of Ypres); and in the pursuit into Selle and the final advance into Picardy. He survived the war unscathed physically. Although psychologically the war changed him as it did so many men who served.
BS, my great grandfather knew Old Contemptible's when he was on The Somme. By the way, after WW1 there was a subscription to The Old Contemptibles Association of some 50,000 men. They had not all been wiped out, although the vast majority of the BEF had been killed or wounded in the 1st & 2nd Battle's of Ypres. After The Somme wrapped up the 148th Brigade, 49th West Riding Division moved off to Poelcappelle.
And these men, what did they return to after putting their lives on the line with so many making the ultimate sacrifice? A land fit for hero's? No, but rather unemployment, starvation, poverty, pity, a paltry war pension, and a few medals. That's what they returned to, because nobody gave a damn about them, what they had seen, experienced, or achieved. It was a case of you have done your bit, now shut up and sod off. Nobody is interested. Having known many of the WW1 veterans in my youth, when asked what was it all for, their answer would invariably be nothing, nothing at all. All that death, destruction, suffering, privations, and horror for nothing other than the day to day contemplation of when exactly death would come calling, and whether they would see another day alive. In my great grandfathers words......a waste, such a despicable and heinous waste and slaughter of so many good fine men.
To all service men and women thank you for your service
God bless you grandad, Miss you every day. This country let you down on the Somme, and in your civilian life....Badley wounded three times, ending on the Somme. No hoorah for you, no easy life.
No more brother wars
That thumbnail on your video I didn't know they had FALs back in 1916....😮
They didn't
All I've learned is we allow ourselves to be subjected to individuals who believe us nothing more than cannon fodder. It's not about an evil man but many who believed the others were evil. Paranoia and passing peaceful time to adjudicate something over nothing. All for archduke Ferdinand.
My Grandfather was a machine gunner in WW1 , 47th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment machine gun corp's , he stated he was at most of the big battles including the Somme , however due to the records office being bombed and set on fire the records no longer exist , he only said a few words about his experiences , some of which were a bit grusome and cannot be recounted on here , wear your poppy with pride , for millions gave their lives that we may live in peace !
My late nan was born in 1916 and in WW2 she was a nurse ( sadly in 2016 she passed away age 100 years old ( so it very personal to me
These generals should have been prosecuted for death of humanity...what a waste of good men.
Why were these young men so obedient?? I don't think todays young men would go over the top after seeing waves of their comrades being mowed down ahead of them.
Ok, they didn't want to be seen as cowards, but in this case, they would literally have lived longer even if they faced a firing squad.. die now or buy an extra 2 weeks of life...what would you do?
If they disobeyed they would have been court-martialed and killed. So they had no choice but how to die
Your not factoring in that these men did this "For King and Country" they were loyal to home and it was unconscionable to not fight for home, regardless of if it was a suicide mission or not. Young men these days don't have the same kind of upbringing that these young men had, it is that simple. It's not a knock on either upbringing, its simply how it is.
@lnwolf7563 no man today is going to fight for king and country and nor should they
@@jayo3074 For King I would agree, I'm not fighting for a king or a queen. For country is a different matter. In an aggressive war, no I'm not doing it. If its defending my home, then yes I will fight to my last breath to protect my home and family.
@lnwolf7563 the only way I will fight for the UK is if we are in imminent danger and need to defend ourselves. Outside of that I'm not interested. Most wars are mostly over commercial reasons such as Iraq and Afghanistan
Tell me this wasn't popation control...
I wonder if the staff officers ever faced an inquiry for their negligence and poor planning. 🤔🤔