My Grandfather was one of the Old Contemptables, he served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was awarded the Mons Star and Military Medal
@MelchizedekKohenАй бұрын
Look at us now 2 world wars, and we still can't get along and ww3 on the horizon. Sometimes, i hate being human. we are so unbelievably stupid
@denbaker73582 ай бұрын
How fast is the 8f allowed to go on the mainline as I've heard due its small wheels its limited to 60mph
@beeher47286 ай бұрын
A whistle from the hogwarts express
@harryproud96798 ай бұрын
From where to King’s Cross. Love to go on a long train journey. 😊
@euansmith36999 ай бұрын
Thank you for this exemplary demonstration of this devastating addition to our national arsenal, Major Short-Cummings, Brigadoon Dragoons (ret).
@lordrexus9 ай бұрын
2:28
@artic113310 ай бұрын
neat instrument
@antonchristian87311 ай бұрын
It's a wonder we ever won WW2, with these obviously inferior weapons, ( The Germans were so superior in their weapons ) how in hell did that happen ?
@kenofken945811 ай бұрын
The Home Guard weapons never came into front-line use. These guys and their makeshift weapons were intended as a very last line of defense in case of invasion.
@MarkWoodwardPhotography Жыл бұрын
My Great Grandfather fought in this battle and was killed in action on the 23rd August. He’s buried in St Symphorian Cemetery.
@johnhehir508 Жыл бұрын
My father was a fireman on these A4 locomotives silverfox or lynx ,For about three years until he was conscripted and served in the army in Egypt,by the time he was demobbed He return to being a locomotive fireman,but His chance of promotion to a locomotive driver had gone as the diesel era was in transition, The locomotive driver brought my mother up through the tender corridor on to the foot plate to see my father ,and as the train was moving rapid , ,she on recalling the story many years later frightened her, as she said everything was shaking,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@camrenwick Жыл бұрын
"They don't like it up em"
@russellcookson2962 Жыл бұрын
I'll shoot U myself. If U don't. Advance punk
@keithfletcher6358 Жыл бұрын
forget winning the lottery all i have ever wanted to do is ride on any A4 footplate on east coast main line this video is fantastic just wish i was in ron smiths shoes dreaming till the day i die. still puts a lump in my throat simply magic.
@grahamsymons1513 Жыл бұрын
I have the LP of sir Nigel gresleys 1959 Run from kings cross to Doncaster and back touching 112mph with bill hoole driving
@kerrysupporter Жыл бұрын
Steam engines will never get old
@Craig-fe7zv Жыл бұрын
Good steam engine loco train 60007 CLASS whistle Too Too ready Go speed up 126MPH faster loco train world England to Stockland
@grahamsymons1513 Жыл бұрын
I have a vinyl LP record which is like new of sir Nigel gresley in 1959 on the run from king's cross to Doncaster and back with bill hoole driving and it did 112 mph
@jacquelinetarpey9302 Жыл бұрын
George was my Grandfather
@slatgrille Жыл бұрын
Jaqueline Tarpey, I reply as the BBC Programme Producer from 1984. George showed a great deal of humility in describing the crucial and professional role he played at Le Cateau with the light Infantry. He actually didn't really have much time for our efforts to tell the story of the Old Contemptibles. He saw his role as a highly trained rifleman doing his job, and with a catch in his voice, he showed a pride which was moving. There will never be their like. PH
@pauldurkee47649 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to know a great war veteran as a boy, he was a close friend of my grandmother. He never as I recall,talked about his time over in france. God bless those wonderful men like your grandfather, that german general was spot on, very exceptional soldiers Indeed.
@g7usl Жыл бұрын
At 80 years and having fired many of these Loco's, drove some. I have never been asked to.
@g7usl Жыл бұрын
Lets also note that todays railway tracks are much, much better than they were years ago. They are using 'long welded rails' now and the clickety clack has dissapeared .
@g7usl Жыл бұрын
Bloke driving hasn't got a clue! Only BAD drivers caused engines to slip. They are using boys to do this job and not the men that did it before with BR.
@matthewrandall1805 Жыл бұрын
Knob
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@user-vb4tl8vk8c Жыл бұрын
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@wotan20 Жыл бұрын
Everything is well, when it ends well. In this case, no one was hurt during this exercise, in spite of the incredibly cheap and crude experimental weapon involved. But seriously, after the Dunkirk disaster, where the BEF lost all of its heavy weaponry and vehicles, and a good deal of their personal weaponry too, in addition to the German U - boat menace, choking off overseas supplies and reinforcements frightfully well, the HG had to do a lot with a lot less. At the beginning they didn't have either uniforms, or weapons. It was a real progress, when they started to receive one, then the other. That is the sobering context, what we need to keep in mind.
@sgtg4600 Жыл бұрын
Modern reproduction
@tonyelse1315 Жыл бұрын
What happend to driver Ron Smith ?
@johnseeley6576 Жыл бұрын
What a crap video…….!
@royfearn43452 жыл бұрын
It would have been nice to see the rods at that speed, but no, we got the bloody boiler and cabside. Own goal, mate!
@Embracing012 жыл бұрын
Wished they'd paint Gresley in garter blue like it was in the 70s and 80s and have the nameplate background in red instead of black, plus the wheels painted red also. It looks much better that way IMO. And why does Mallard have to be stuck in the NRM for?. It needs to on a track and running. I'm guessing it's all down to money, yet the control freaks running the country can spend billions on something most of us don't want like HS2 which is decimating huge areas of the countryside, all for the sake of getting to A-B quicker, and more importantly for the company it's about profits.
@chrisrichards25442 жыл бұрын
1:12 Slipping on level track? It might be fast but its not very sure-footed!
@telmas7183 Жыл бұрын
Any locomotive can produce a slip if the regulator is opened a little keenly!
@diggerjim69772 жыл бұрын
I work in a rubbish dump in ireland and today I found a badge for the old contemptibles organization it was for soldiers from August 5 to November 22 1914 so whoever owned it wore it with pride and survived the horror of war ,the sad thing is where it ended up ,it's marked 162A I'd love to return it to the family whoever they are
@pauldurkee47649 ай бұрын
Normally the medals are inscribed with the recipient's name, regiment and regimental number. If you have that information, you could always speak to the regimental museum, or try to get a media outlet interested in the story.
@extraterrestrialfascisti76252 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!!
@H2dahizzl2 жыл бұрын
this is great i was pretty convinced this was a real video from ww2 at the start i am also part of a home guard re-enactment group and it’s a great piece of history great video
@Biffo12622 жыл бұрын
Straight from the pens of Perry and Croft!
@chrissheppard50682 жыл бұрын
I think the Home guard should have been called the Wobbling SS as a counter to Hitlers Waffen SS. The SS in Home guard of course would be for Silly Sausages.
@gfingers91172 жыл бұрын
Very good, 6:00 home gaud never used Bren mag bags, shotgun webbing was the best they could get for p14’s and Enfields
@112chapters32 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic ha.
@christopherwaring82852 жыл бұрын
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING MR HITLER? THEY DONT LIKE IT UP EM MR MAINWARING THEY DONT LIKE IT UP EM!
@liamgaynor35762 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
@marionevans13063 жыл бұрын
We had wonderful journeys And sceneries on these steam trains
@thevelointhevale11323 жыл бұрын
My Great Grandfather fought and was wounded at Festubert - at 33 years old in 1914, he was at the end of his 15 years long Military service, having already fought with the 3rd Batt, KRRC in the Second Anglo Boer War for 3 years. Now with 5 Children at home he was re-instated in 1914 as a full time Soldier again with the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, part of the British 2nd Division. The 1st Battalion landed at Rouen as part of the 6th Brigade in the 2nd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. He saw action at the Battle of Mons in August 1914, the First Battle of the Marne and the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 and First Battle of Ypres in October 1914. He fought at the Battle of Festubert in May 1915 and his record shows that on the 31st of May he was discharged Medically Unfit due to "wounds". This is several days after the battle of Festubert was fought and where he was likely wounded. The 2nd Division lost 5,500 men during the Battle of Festubert and having already served 15 years in the British Army as a Rifleman - he fought in two wars and survived both ... going home to his Family. I continue to stand in awe ... of him and any who fought with him. Lest We Forget.
@Steven_Rowe3 жыл бұрын
The spirit of Bill Hoole was in the cab. His engine was no 7 and he got her up to 112mph in 1959
@g7usl Жыл бұрын
Bill Hoole killed his fireman in the Oakleigh Park Tunnel. He was travelling, well over the track speed but, He always did that. To show how much compassion he had for his regular fireman, he turned up for his turn the very next day!
@DeCasoU1 Жыл бұрын
@@g7usl Albert Young died because of poorly completed permanent way work. A rail joint had been left 3/4" high and this derailed the trailing axle of the bogie of 60528. The crew heard a rattling noise from the front of the train whilst halfway through Barnet Tunnels. Bill applied the brakes and asked Albert to try to see what was happening and he looked out of the side window of the cab when they exited the tunnel into daylight again. He saw nothing and so got out of his seat to look out of the gap between engine and tender in order to lean out a little further. The driver of a down parcels train working on the slow line witnessed the locomotive and train exiting the tunnel with sparks coming from the bogie. A little later the whole bogie became derailed and quickly started to tear the track to pieces. Albert was caught by a dislodged rail and was snatched from the footplate and was crushed by the overturning first coach. Bill hung on to the two injectors, the ride became smoother as the locomotive tipped on to its side and after demolishing the signal gantry at Bridge Number 37 slid through the bridge without hitting anything a stopped shortly afterwards. Bill was almost waist deep in coal but extricated himself and climbed out. He was badly shaken up and was not able to walk properly and so when the guard came up he asked him to go forward to protect the train. Fortunately the accident had been seen by the signalman at Cemetery box and he sent Obstruction Danger for all four lines and 'phoned Control. Bill tried to retrieve belongings from the tender and then set about trying to find Albert but could see nothing of him and worried about the locomotive and the fire left in the box he made his way back. There were no tools left in the tender but fortunately only a small amount of fire remained and this went out on its own. After hospital treatment he was anxious about his wife and after persuading a doctor to send him home by ambulance he managed to return home before her, removed the bandage from around his head so as not to scare her and then did that most British thing and made a cup of tea for the pair of them. After a cup of tea and something to eat he made his way to Kings Cross to make his report. The accident took place on July 14th and Bill returned to work on July26th. The Joint Inquiry into the incident started on the following Monday and was held by W. E Green the District Superintendent. The Ministry of Transport Inquiry by Lt. Col. R. G. S. Wilson took place on Friday July 23rd. It was found that 60528 had one slightly weakened spring on the bogie but it was concluded that it was probably chance that the derailment had not happened earlier since the high joint had existed for a week before the incident. The speed at which the accident took place was 70 mph but in the absence of the locomotive being fitted with a speedometer Bill could not be blamed for this and no engineer would apply a restriction with less than a 10 mph safety factor. And the speed restriction on the track section in question was 60 mph. If folk are going to pass comment they really need to make sure that they have done a bit of homework.
@g7usl Жыл бұрын
@@DeCasoU1 I dispute your information. sonny? Any one of Kings Cross/Top Shed men will conform that they eventually found the firemen UNDER THE TENDER! I don't know where you got your information from but they are completely WRONG.
@trevorcox30203 жыл бұрын
We certainly did thank you...
@evanpenny3483 жыл бұрын
Interesting, but the number of videos of soldiers palming the bolt when loading. 23:20 A real no no.
@ronnieomlettes13693 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Well done chaps.
@sambda3 жыл бұрын
Great! However, at 16:28, I swear he nudges the bomb. And why put the explosive so close as to risk nudging it? 4 inches further away isn't going to stop the thing working. Also, in the bomb outside the station, it would be far easier just to lob rocks at the thing from afar than risk putting string round it. They did things in ad hoc/easy ways when the risk was lower. Also at 21:15, the LCpl points his weapon at his CO in a rather alarming way! Also, the canister isn't right, but I guess that's the only prop they had.
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My Grandfather was one of the Old Contemptables, he served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was awarded the Mons Star and Military Medal
Look at us now 2 world wars, and we still can't get along and ww3 on the horizon. Sometimes, i hate being human. we are so unbelievably stupid
How fast is the 8f allowed to go on the mainline as I've heard due its small wheels its limited to 60mph
A whistle from the hogwarts express
From where to King’s Cross. Love to go on a long train journey. 😊
Thank you for this exemplary demonstration of this devastating addition to our national arsenal, Major Short-Cummings, Brigadoon Dragoons (ret).
2:28
neat instrument
It's a wonder we ever won WW2, with these obviously inferior weapons, ( The Germans were so superior in their weapons ) how in hell did that happen ?
The Home Guard weapons never came into front-line use. These guys and their makeshift weapons were intended as a very last line of defense in case of invasion.
My Great Grandfather fought in this battle and was killed in action on the 23rd August. He’s buried in St Symphorian Cemetery.
My father was a fireman on these A4 locomotives silverfox or lynx ,For about three years until he was conscripted and served in the army in Egypt,by the time he was demobbed He return to being a locomotive fireman,but His chance of promotion to a locomotive driver had gone as the diesel era was in transition, The locomotive driver brought my mother up through the tender corridor on to the foot plate to see my father ,and as the train was moving rapid , ,she on recalling the story many years later frightened her, as she said everything was shaking,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"They don't like it up em"
I'll shoot U myself. If U don't. Advance punk
forget winning the lottery all i have ever wanted to do is ride on any A4 footplate on east coast main line this video is fantastic just wish i was in ron smiths shoes dreaming till the day i die. still puts a lump in my throat simply magic.
I have the LP of sir Nigel gresleys 1959 Run from kings cross to Doncaster and back touching 112mph with bill hoole driving
Steam engines will never get old
Good steam engine loco train 60007 CLASS whistle Too Too ready Go speed up 126MPH faster loco train world England to Stockland
I have a vinyl LP record which is like new of sir Nigel gresley in 1959 on the run from king's cross to Doncaster and back with bill hoole driving and it did 112 mph
George was my Grandfather
Jaqueline Tarpey, I reply as the BBC Programme Producer from 1984. George showed a great deal of humility in describing the crucial and professional role he played at Le Cateau with the light Infantry. He actually didn't really have much time for our efforts to tell the story of the Old Contemptibles. He saw his role as a highly trained rifleman doing his job, and with a catch in his voice, he showed a pride which was moving. There will never be their like. PH
I was lucky enough to know a great war veteran as a boy, he was a close friend of my grandmother. He never as I recall,talked about his time over in france. God bless those wonderful men like your grandfather, that german general was spot on, very exceptional soldiers Indeed.
At 80 years and having fired many of these Loco's, drove some. I have never been asked to.
Lets also note that todays railway tracks are much, much better than they were years ago. They are using 'long welded rails' now and the clickety clack has dissapeared .
Bloke driving hasn't got a clue! Only BAD drivers caused engines to slip. They are using boys to do this job and not the men that did it before with BR.
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Everything is well, when it ends well. In this case, no one was hurt during this exercise, in spite of the incredibly cheap and crude experimental weapon involved. But seriously, after the Dunkirk disaster, where the BEF lost all of its heavy weaponry and vehicles, and a good deal of their personal weaponry too, in addition to the German U - boat menace, choking off overseas supplies and reinforcements frightfully well, the HG had to do a lot with a lot less. At the beginning they didn't have either uniforms, or weapons. It was a real progress, when they started to receive one, then the other. That is the sobering context, what we need to keep in mind.
Modern reproduction
What happend to driver Ron Smith ?
What a crap video…….!
It would have been nice to see the rods at that speed, but no, we got the bloody boiler and cabside. Own goal, mate!
Wished they'd paint Gresley in garter blue like it was in the 70s and 80s and have the nameplate background in red instead of black, plus the wheels painted red also. It looks much better that way IMO. And why does Mallard have to be stuck in the NRM for?. It needs to on a track and running. I'm guessing it's all down to money, yet the control freaks running the country can spend billions on something most of us don't want like HS2 which is decimating huge areas of the countryside, all for the sake of getting to A-B quicker, and more importantly for the company it's about profits.
1:12 Slipping on level track? It might be fast but its not very sure-footed!
Any locomotive can produce a slip if the regulator is opened a little keenly!
I work in a rubbish dump in ireland and today I found a badge for the old contemptibles organization it was for soldiers from August 5 to November 22 1914 so whoever owned it wore it with pride and survived the horror of war ,the sad thing is where it ended up ,it's marked 162A I'd love to return it to the family whoever they are
Normally the medals are inscribed with the recipient's name, regiment and regimental number. If you have that information, you could always speak to the regimental museum, or try to get a media outlet interested in the story.
Outstanding!!
this is great i was pretty convinced this was a real video from ww2 at the start i am also part of a home guard re-enactment group and it’s a great piece of history great video
Straight from the pens of Perry and Croft!
I think the Home guard should have been called the Wobbling SS as a counter to Hitlers Waffen SS. The SS in Home guard of course would be for Silly Sausages.
Very good, 6:00 home gaud never used Bren mag bags, shotgun webbing was the best they could get for p14’s and Enfields
This is fantastic ha.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING MR HITLER? THEY DONT LIKE IT UP EM MR MAINWARING THEY DONT LIKE IT UP EM!
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
We had wonderful journeys And sceneries on these steam trains
My Great Grandfather fought and was wounded at Festubert - at 33 years old in 1914, he was at the end of his 15 years long Military service, having already fought with the 3rd Batt, KRRC in the Second Anglo Boer War for 3 years. Now with 5 Children at home he was re-instated in 1914 as a full time Soldier again with the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, part of the British 2nd Division. The 1st Battalion landed at Rouen as part of the 6th Brigade in the 2nd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. He saw action at the Battle of Mons in August 1914, the First Battle of the Marne and the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 and First Battle of Ypres in October 1914. He fought at the Battle of Festubert in May 1915 and his record shows that on the 31st of May he was discharged Medically Unfit due to "wounds". This is several days after the battle of Festubert was fought and where he was likely wounded. The 2nd Division lost 5,500 men during the Battle of Festubert and having already served 15 years in the British Army as a Rifleman - he fought in two wars and survived both ... going home to his Family. I continue to stand in awe ... of him and any who fought with him. Lest We Forget.
The spirit of Bill Hoole was in the cab. His engine was no 7 and he got her up to 112mph in 1959
Bill Hoole killed his fireman in the Oakleigh Park Tunnel. He was travelling, well over the track speed but, He always did that. To show how much compassion he had for his regular fireman, he turned up for his turn the very next day!
@@g7usl Albert Young died because of poorly completed permanent way work. A rail joint had been left 3/4" high and this derailed the trailing axle of the bogie of 60528. The crew heard a rattling noise from the front of the train whilst halfway through Barnet Tunnels. Bill applied the brakes and asked Albert to try to see what was happening and he looked out of the side window of the cab when they exited the tunnel into daylight again. He saw nothing and so got out of his seat to look out of the gap between engine and tender in order to lean out a little further. The driver of a down parcels train working on the slow line witnessed the locomotive and train exiting the tunnel with sparks coming from the bogie. A little later the whole bogie became derailed and quickly started to tear the track to pieces. Albert was caught by a dislodged rail and was snatched from the footplate and was crushed by the overturning first coach. Bill hung on to the two injectors, the ride became smoother as the locomotive tipped on to its side and after demolishing the signal gantry at Bridge Number 37 slid through the bridge without hitting anything a stopped shortly afterwards. Bill was almost waist deep in coal but extricated himself and climbed out. He was badly shaken up and was not able to walk properly and so when the guard came up he asked him to go forward to protect the train. Fortunately the accident had been seen by the signalman at Cemetery box and he sent Obstruction Danger for all four lines and 'phoned Control. Bill tried to retrieve belongings from the tender and then set about trying to find Albert but could see nothing of him and worried about the locomotive and the fire left in the box he made his way back. There were no tools left in the tender but fortunately only a small amount of fire remained and this went out on its own. After hospital treatment he was anxious about his wife and after persuading a doctor to send him home by ambulance he managed to return home before her, removed the bandage from around his head so as not to scare her and then did that most British thing and made a cup of tea for the pair of them. After a cup of tea and something to eat he made his way to Kings Cross to make his report. The accident took place on July 14th and Bill returned to work on July26th. The Joint Inquiry into the incident started on the following Monday and was held by W. E Green the District Superintendent. The Ministry of Transport Inquiry by Lt. Col. R. G. S. Wilson took place on Friday July 23rd. It was found that 60528 had one slightly weakened spring on the bogie but it was concluded that it was probably chance that the derailment had not happened earlier since the high joint had existed for a week before the incident. The speed at which the accident took place was 70 mph but in the absence of the locomotive being fitted with a speedometer Bill could not be blamed for this and no engineer would apply a restriction with less than a 10 mph safety factor. And the speed restriction on the track section in question was 60 mph. If folk are going to pass comment they really need to make sure that they have done a bit of homework.
@@DeCasoU1 I dispute your information. sonny? Any one of Kings Cross/Top Shed men will conform that they eventually found the firemen UNDER THE TENDER! I don't know where you got your information from but they are completely WRONG.
We certainly did thank you...
Interesting, but the number of videos of soldiers palming the bolt when loading. 23:20 A real no no.
Excellent. Well done chaps.
Great! However, at 16:28, I swear he nudges the bomb. And why put the explosive so close as to risk nudging it? 4 inches further away isn't going to stop the thing working. Also, in the bomb outside the station, it would be far easier just to lob rocks at the thing from afar than risk putting string round it. They did things in ad hoc/easy ways when the risk was lower. Also at 21:15, the LCpl points his weapon at his CO in a rather alarming way! Also, the canister isn't right, but I guess that's the only prop they had.
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