177k and we keep going up! Go Kevin!

@tomwilson9024

Жыл бұрын

Great isn't it. I joined the channel around 24k I think it was, and not too long ago!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've been surprised and very humbled by everyone's support and kind words. I look forward to bringing more videos to you all in 2023.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatsRoyal How lovely, thanks so much!!

People like you keep history alive. I'm 36 and love history. Hopefully younger people carry it on and put their phones down. When it gets forgotten it's repeated. Thanks.

@beanie1792

Жыл бұрын

I'm 37 and love history too, but one of the greatest tools to access history is our phones! It's about getting the younger ones intrested in it. There has been some absolutely amazing people in history, some monsters too. But you know what they say...

@HomoLegalMedic

Жыл бұрын

Put our phones down? The ones we're using to learn history from this great man? Wouldn't that be counterproductive?

@johnhenderson131

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more with you. I wish more people appreciated history as you do, they might actually learn how important history is..For those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it! This especially applies to war, I was in the army and I assure you, there is no glory in combat just fear pain and suffering. If more people studied history as you do it could save a lot of terrible suffering. Sincerely, Doc Ex combat medic

@johnhenderson131

Жыл бұрын

@@beanie1792 I can guess, Those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it? I’m 62 and get frustrated that younger people don’t know history or appreciate the sacrifices made by my parents generation fighting WWII for our freedom. I was a medic in the army for over 6 years. I experienced limited combat but enough to know that war is not pleasant and consists mostly of hours of boredom interspersed with terrible moments of fear, pain, suffering and misery. If people learned from history maybe the suffering could be avoided. It shocks me when I hear kids today that have never heard of WWII let alone WWI , Korean War or even Vietnam. Sincerely, Doc

@KlebsonOliveiraSilva

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I'll put my phone down and start watching videos such as this one in history books. Phenomenal ideia! Jk!

Amazing how much of a single person's life can be stuffed onto their person. And each man in the front carried something that his friends did, and some that were just for him. Something every soldier throughout time probably understands. Love these videos and can't wait for the medieval medicine one.

I absolutely love the humanity you get to show us with these videos. And this is a far better answer than Gollum got in the famous duel.

Kevin, I so enjoy just listening to you talk in your calm even voice. In a chaotic day, it's a respite for sure. On top of that, your love for the subject of history and military is obvious. Your interest in what you speak about makes the listener even more interested. Thanks for doing what you do!

@thehistorysquad

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure Stephen, thank you for watching 👍🏻

Very interesting. My relative was a 2Lt in WW1 and this has helped me understand about the kit he had. Thanks.

This channel does more than the history channel on TV has ever done, thank you.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@end0skeleton404

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad No, thank you.

Seriously love this channel. The little tidbits of history you bring to attention that are overlooked tend to be the more interesting ones I think. Stay warm this winter History Squad! BTW, I really hope you cover the 1914 Christmas Truce. Love to hear your take on it.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! Not this year, the Truce, but I'll make sure I cover it next year. 👍🏻

@scrappydoo7887

Жыл бұрын

The general character and presentation has something special that totally sets it apart from other history channels. It's definitely a firm favourite

My grandfather enlisted aged sixteen in 1916 and fought in the Somme at Mamet's Wood. He probably carried all those items.

Very educational. The Imperial War Museum in London has a breakdown similar to this as well, but seeing it explained live is always better than text

You always give such fascinating tidbits of obscure history. Thank you so much for making the past more relatable. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by family, friends, and peace.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin and a Merry Christmas to you too

Thank you for these, Mr. Hicks!

Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks Kevin, I really enjoyed this one. I love how much things have changed, but are still the same. I wanted to say how much I admire the respect you have for those who came before us, the reverence for the every day soldiers, those who served. Blessings, stay warm, be safe and as always best regards, Arthur

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

How lovely Arthur, thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

@arthurdoucette1786

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad thank you Kevin, Merry Christmas to yours as well, all the best in the year to come. Cheers Arthur

9:05 swagger stick strategically placed I see Kevin haha. Another great and insightful video.

Splendid video, Kevin. The detailed minutiae are what make history come alive. As a former Grunt (squaddie, later a Rupert), these details are very interesting, and they connect with my experiences.)

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

A woooopert indeed 😜 Well said! Isn't it great when we can make history relatable, it's so much more engaging. 👍🏻

I've seen in WW1 archaeological digs the only way to identify skeletal remains of the falling are Spoons because the soldiers would carve their names , initials or service number on the spoons to stop them from being stolen by their trench mates.

Another awesome video, thank you!

Your content is great the variety of information you pass along is much welcomed.....Thanks

That was excellent Sir, thank you for educating us. Your channel is so very informative.

Thanks Kevin for another great video!!

I really appreciate your history lessons! You add such a personal touch with the interesting tidbits and stories in your videos. I can’t wait to see what you upload next!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

great as always kevin

So interesting. Love these.

Very interesting to see some examples of personal effects. Thank you.

Very interesting, thanks!

Great stuff

Fmr US Army 1980s. When I got home my friends called me “Spoon Boy” - I ate everything quickly with just a spoon. Took a long time to eliminate that habit.My Great Uncle ( I had the honor of meeting at age 7) served in WW1. God bless You for this-

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

I know that feeling. Funny enough in 1980 I had leave from Northern Ireland and I'm around a table in a restaurant with my family and everyone stopped to look at me in horror as I lifted up my plate and shovelled it all in with a spoon

@emoryfindley8702

Жыл бұрын

No Matter the Army- We are all “Mates “ after all-

Very interesting! We have learned a lot of warfare since then, and not even the battlefield but logistics and supply side. That spoon would be something you would not want on your calf, easily collecting dirt and such. The dog tags being cardboard are also kind of a sad issue considering how hard it would be to ID from a corpse in a muddy trench. It is interesting how revolutionary the 1900s were across the board.

@johnhenderson131

Жыл бұрын

The aluminum dog tags weren’t much better. There’s nothing worse that a soldier KIA whose identity is lost forever.

I absolutly love these videos!

Another wonderful history squad video lots of wonderful information keep up the amazing work Kevin

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Owens 👍🏻

Like the way you take time to reply and like your viewers comments. So many 'youtubers' do not take the time to do such. Very interesting pieces of history info Kev.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure, I see it as part of the job to be honest, though it does take up time, I hope to keep it up as long as I can as the numbers grow.

Awesome short history show. I was engaged and enjoyed every minute. Keep them coming!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Excellent and most informative video Kevin, cheers!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, glad you liked it.

Another great little explanation of how our grandfather's (or great grandfathers) went into battle, in WW1. Thanks!

My uncle served in the first world war Daniel Laidlaw luckily he is immortalised in a documentary but sadly most weren’t, it’s always interesting seeing these sort of videos as often the soldiers are just viewed as objects that were there and not people with their own lives with pockets full of personal items just like us now.

I've always enjoyed your stories Kevin, cheers Gerard and greetings from Australia

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

G'day mate, you'll be having a warmer Christmas than me. Thanks for watching the channel 👍🏻

Thank you Kevin for thus very interesting episode. The Great War is my favorite history topic so I truly enjoyed every minute of the video...

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thats great to hear, thanks 👍🏻

Love your channel Kevin

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate 👍🏻

Truly a great bit of history. I enjoyed watching this

I absolutely adore these kinds of videos. Very simple yet informative. And im so very curious what a soldier during that era would have carried. Being an American airman myself during 99-04, always curious to see what similarities there would have been with a ww1 era soldier vs a more modern soldier Brilliant as always Kevin. You are a real treasure. A gentleman and a scholar. Wish you and your family a happy late Christmas, and a happy new year.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, & a Happy New Year to you too. 👍🏻

Well done thank you for doing what you do people should never forget what people went through back then if it wasn't for people like you everything would all be forgotten about and children need to know everything about wars and what it was all about thank you

Kevin, I absolutely adore your channel, keep it up!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Will do. 👍🏻

It's -6 here in Blighty and I think that's cold enough 🤣

Always interesting content, glad I found this channel, Seasons greetings Kevin! Mike.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike 👍🏻

Love your films

That was very interesting great work

My Good Sir, your dedication abs commitment to your videos is admirable. The length you go to accurately depict the clothes/uniforms is astounding. Please keep it up. Your a great historian

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Will do, thank you!

always a treat to watch these types of videos

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, thanks for watching.

Wow fantastic as always Kivin my I take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and New year.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Carl, and you too. 👍🏻

Very interesting, thank you.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Fantastic as always, Kevin! I would love to see a video of what a young Kevin carried in his pockets as a soldier or as a police officer. I'm sure that many of your viewers are former or current law enforcement officers or soldiers (myself included, I retired after 20 years of US Army service). Keep it up, Kev!!! 👍

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian. I actually don't have any of my own old kit, police or army, other than my bible, whistle and discharge papers.

your videos are the best Kevin. thank you for sharing all your knowledge. i am from the netherlands and was on a road trip last summer in northumberland. we visited Alnwick castle (beautifull!) and i saw this person shooting a longbow in the distance. had to get closer to check if it was you.. that would have bin a really big coincedince offcourse. i wish you and yours a merry christmas ♥

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Jellybeat, and a Merry Christmas to you too. I have visited Alnwick, but never worked there 👍🏻

Thanks History Squad for some fine and interesting content.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Good stuff. It's always interesting to see the little details that sometimes have absolutely nothing to do with the event that era came to be known for. A spoon, an old watch, a picture of some french lady. Who knows what other random stuff these lads would carry with them.

Thank you for your great Videos :D greetings from germany and have a wonderful christmastime all :D

Great video! As a fellow resident of Saskatchewan this one was especially neat to see, keep warm!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too! If you're ever in Saskatoon on a Thursday or a Saturday, drop in and say hello 👍🏻

Very interesting film! Saskatoon museum looks pretty nice too!

I love the diversity of video subjects on this channel, always a quality watch.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!!

Your World War 1 kit is in great condition. Thanks for posting the notes up close so I could read them.

Very interesting, thanks! Had no idea the variety of items a soldier would have on his person...& not counting his field kit, helmet & rifle...subbed...

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Great, thank you, and thanks for your sub too, it's appreciated.

@edgaraquino2324

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad you are most welcome!

Thanks Kevin For This Brilliant Video From Blue

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Thanks!

Love this channel.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks 👍🏻

Didn't know that about the hankies. You can see the sense in it. Cheers, Kevin.

Thank you

Nicely done! i felt memories allmost.😊👍i love your channel the History Squad .Allmost sent me back in time.the Canadians were the most daring warriors.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thanks for watching 👍🏻

Holy shit, man. This is great! Big ups

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Nice video.

Fascinating. Not interested so much in WWI, but you make it so interesting.

Brilliant Kevin as always. Often wondered what was in all those pockets! It's positively balmy here in the UK, only around -3 at the moment! Regards Mick

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

😜

Looking smart Sgt interesting video 👌

@historysquad can you do an episode about your uncle please if it doesn't upset you that is I'm sure we would love to hear what he did and what regiment he was and combat he saw. With respect to you uncle

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely idea, I've not thought of doing it but certainly will now. I'll have to see what more information I can glean from my Dad 👍🏻

@reaperiscomingforme

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad thank love your channel sorry I can't support moneys tight cost of living but I subscribe and liked

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

@@reaperiscomingforme We're just super glad to have you aboard and appreciate your sub. Sharing vids is another way that helps the algorithm 👍🏻

"Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed". - George Luz Band of Brothers

-30d! 🥶 🌬️ 🌨️ Lord have mercy! Fascinating wardrobe. Merry Christmas Kevin.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Same to you! Thanks

Fascinating 👍

Marvellous channel! I was born in Saskatoon. I don't know how we did it, but we would go outside and play in that kind of cold.

Wonderful video, the kit doesn't change to much over time. Items are added and dropped but for the most part the basic kit is the same.

It is amazing how so little of what a soldier carried has changed. Of course there is no need for the pay book anymore, but overall things have remained essentially the same. Merry Christmas, and stay warm. Cheers from Texas.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours too. 👍🏻

Very sharp uniform and very insightful to what many Great War soldiers had on them on the daily aside from rifle and kit

Of course the officer is indoors during the winter! Keep up the amazing content.

I'm an early war german reinactor and boy I use my Gurffle at every meal. Wherever I go, I'm never without my spork. Love your documentaries.

Welcome to Canada! Happy Christmas from Vancouver!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Same to you!

amazing videos!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

9:01 Nice Strategic Swagger stick placement lol

Thanks for another interesting video, Kevin, a lot of that stuff reminds me of just what I used to carry in the pockets of my combat kit back in the seventies... That clasp knife looks remarkably familiar....

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

I had one too, when I was in 👍🏻. What were you in?

@kenattwood8060

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad I was RMP, same as you - and about the same time.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

@@kenattwood8060 Wow, did our paths ever cross Ken? So many names, so many faces.

@kenattwood8060

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad I went into the regs from the TA (116 Pro Coy) and was on recruit squad 7603 at Chichester.....

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

@@kenattwood8060 Ah, you were just before me then. I was 7606 👍🏻

Thank you for another interesting video. Really never thought about the problem with white handkerchiefs. Of course, I always carried brown. I hope you do a Christmas video. No matter your religion, it always seemed the Christmas season was dear to all soldier’s hearts.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Margaret, yes there'll be two out next week, Julie's still to edit them. 👍🏻

@mapatterson173

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad yay. Thank you.

Very nice

Very interesting.

Amazing, very informative, I have a question about the medal ribbons though and I'm just wondering which medals/era those would be for especially if this is a start of first world war kit.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

They're Victorian era medals, one is for service in India, the other is the South African medal 👍🏻

Thank you. My grandfather's brother would have worn a uniform similar to that.

0:16 I am definitely (surprisingly) missing the -30 weather! Oklahoma is much warmer than the good ol' Canadian prairie. Can't wait to return in a couple years

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Interesting isn't it, we prefer the dry cold here to the damp miserable cold of England. We get much more sunshine too 👍🏻

I very much enjoyed your film, Kevin. I was not aware of some of the items a chap carried with him. I have a few items of my grandfather's from WW1, including his trench maps brought home with him after being wounded, but it rang a bell when you were talking about identity discs. I have the oval aluminium identity bracelet he wore as a 2nd Lt. in the 1/5 Lincolnshire Regt. So many questions I would ask him now, but I am sensitive to the fact that often survivors of war would rather bury their experiences along with their fallen comrades. Flashbacks are a real bugg**!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I forgot to mention the ID bracelet. Did you know they were a private purchase? The men bought them themselves because they knew how flimsy the discs were.

@petehall889

Жыл бұрын

@@thehistorysquad Hi Kevin, No, I didn't know they were privately purchased, but I am aware that an officer was required to purchase a number of items of kit himself, including his revolver. My grandfather still had his .455 Mk VI Webley & Scott well after WW2 (he was also Ammunition Officer for his Home Guard section in WW2). He handed it in during a weapons amnesty - surprised the desk sergeant when he popped it on the counter! The identity discs were rather flimsy. I have my father's RAF ones from WW2 and they were still just made from compressed board. The suspension cords were only string too. Wouldn't last too long under wet conditions. I can well understand that some WW1 soldiers would wish to purchase a more substantial identity bracelet. Keep up the good work Kevin - your films are always excellent!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

@@petehall889 Thanks Pete, appreciated.

@worldcomicsreview354

Жыл бұрын

My grandmother used to have a very realstic-looking and heavy Colt 1911 kicking around, she always told me it was "only a cap gun", but now I'm wondering... Also how a Brit would have got one, pretty sure tommies in WW2 still used revolvers.

@petehall889

Жыл бұрын

@@worldcomicsreview354 Standard issue in the British Army was a revolver, but approximately 40,000 Colt 1911 and 1911A1 autos were issues after the Dunkirk evacuation, mostly to commandos and airborne troops, as well as the SOE.

Someone I know here in Adelaide, Australia, bought an old book in a 2nd hand bookshop. In it he found a letter that a British soldier wrote to his wife, dated 1917 or so, but was never able to post. He traced the name of the wife on the letter, which also bore a British address. He found the great granddaughter of this couple and sent her the letter. Apparently, the soldier had died before he could send this letter, but how it ended up in South Australia is anyone's guess. If only these things that soldiers kept in their pockets and books could speak up and talk. Thank you again, Sir. This video simply proves an old assertion of mine: all soldiers have more in common than not, no matter what armies they serve with or what eras in history they might have done so.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely story, thanks. I worked at Dudley museum for short time, sadly no longer in existence, where a WW1 bible had been handed in and it had a bullet hole in it, half the bible was blood stained. We traced it to an Australian soldier that had been killed in France. His widow in England remarried after the war and kept his few possessions in a tin under the bed. Her new husband who had been a soldier in WW1 said 'we must keep it for him' but, as time went by, people passed away and the tin was thrown on a dump and found and brought to the museum. I've never forgotten when we handed the tin over to his Australian descendants who travelled half way around the world for the bible with a hole in it.

@worldcomicsreview354

Жыл бұрын

I bought a book which had been given as a gift in 1917, with that ornate Edwardian handwriting in the inscription. It was then passed on again in 1943. Also an issue of Union Jack from 1908, advertising an article about the German army in another magazine (probably the Penny Popular). Under the advert, somebody's despairingly scrawled ""last war", shall we ever learn?"

Amazing

Amazing, would love for you to do a video on the Home Guard “Dads army” during WW2

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Good idea, I'll add it to my list 👍🏻

@worldcomicsreview354

Жыл бұрын

Especially on the haphazard kit issue before production ramped up, expected to fight with sharpened broom handles, and so on!

I'm a simple man, I see a video with Kevin Hicks & The History Squad, and I click it.

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

😄 simple is good 👍🏻

Always have your racing spoon handy!

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Always!

I am delving into my history and still so praying all is revealed. Love you. Bye for now. ❤.

As a veteran medic what shocked me was the number of wounded soldiers in WWI that did not know how to use their issued medical kit correctly. So many wounded poured the iodine directly into their wound (it destroys living tissue)rather than apply it to the bandage then place the bandage over the wound. I can’t imagine trying to fight infection without penicillin, we take antibiotics for granted today but my grandfather was wounded in the back of the neck at the Ypres salient. He survived the wound but nearly dies from infection. He passed away in 1954 before my birth but I was told the wound troubled him the remainder of his life. Hope you enjoyed our balmy Canadian winter, I was born in Manitoba, the prairies, mind you are colder than the other provinces, although I still don’t forgive my parents for immigrating here on certain bitter cold days, when they chose Canada over Australia! Sincerely, Doc

@thehistorysquad

Жыл бұрын

Haha, I totally understand. After our fourth winter, the novelty has now worn off and I'll be looking for a bit of warmth for the next one 👍🏻

Looking magnificent in that uniform Soldier! But apart from Duty that must be done I wouldn't have swapped my Christmas at home for the trenches. Those personal momentos are so important a reflection of lives that could have been. R.I.P. Uncle Albert and the rest.