/u/GeneralLeeBlount explains how one advanced in the ranks of the British Army during the era where a commission could be purchased [xpost from r/AskHistorians] reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…
British politics has an entitlement problem. Can we discuss Eton's special status? A notorious question in one of the school’s entrance exams resurfaced this week. It asked students to put themselves in the position of a prime minister and write a speech justifying the army killing protesters. independent.co.uk/voices/…
Henry Worsley, Retired British Army Officer who Attempted to Cross the Antarctic Solo in 2015 at the Age of 55 [1080x1350]
TIL each soldier in the British army was rationed 3 sheets of toilet paper per day in WW2. American soldiers were rationed to 22,5 sheets per day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-r…
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921-2019). In 1942 he volunteered to join the British Army's Irish Guards. He participated in the Normandy landings and the Battle for Caen, and joined the Allied forces in the liberation of Luxembourg. He was Colonel of the Regiment from 1984-2000.
during the second Boer war, the British army pursued a scorched earth policy and imprisoned thousands of Boer civilians in concentration camps. Over 26,000 women and children died of starvation and illness. There were also camps set up for black Africans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bri…
Following the launch of the Army Confidence adverts last week, yesterday saw the highest numbers of applications to join the British Army in a single day, significantly trumping the previous high in Jan 2019 twitter.com/CathPossamai/…
TIL: Pedi people (a tribe in South Africa) wear Scottish kilts. Citing oral history, the use of kilts dates to 1879. They say that's when the tribe lost a battle because its warriors thought kilted Scots leading a British army were women and held their fire until realizing their mistake too late. latimes.com/archives/la-x…
Operation Zipper: 74 years ago today the British returned to Malaya to end Japanese Occupation with the landing of the British Indian Army in Morib, Banting, Selangor
TIL during WWII the British Army set off 19 massive mines underneath the German front lines at the Battle of Messines. The Messines mines' combined explosion at once on 7 June 1917 killed more people than any other non-nuclear man-made explosion in history: 10,000 German soldiers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min…
It will be profitable for Guider.travel users to purchase tokens, thus creating demand on the exchange. Besides, the tokens you will pay for the rest of the system's commission rate will be burned, thereby reducing the number of tokens being in free circulation
King George II at the Battle of Dettingen (War of the Austrian Succession), with his son William the Duke of Cumberland and Robert, 4th Earl of Holderness. He was the last British monarch to be born outside Great Britain and the last to lead an army in battle.
Pakistan Intelligence agencies on work yet again. Calls being made to invitees of the Iftar Party hosted by Indian High Commission in Islamabad tonight to not attend or face consequences. Lawyers of Lahore chambers & journalists get threatening calls as well. Pak Army game plan? twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul…
in the independence war the continental army created a secret language to make fun of the british
Don’t dismiss the ‘other’ political parties: they might be the future - Groups that existed on the fringe of British politics a generation ago have recently become key players - There are 344 parties registered in Great Britain with the Electoral Commission, with a further 32 in Northern Ireland. theguardian.com/commentis…
TIL that according to his uniform, General Melchett, Stephen Fry's character in Blackadder goes forth has a Victoria Cross, the highest award of valour in the British army. blackadder.fandom.com/wik…
“The army is the kind of organisation you will fight for; that is why we went to court.” The petitoners in the Supreme Court case that upheld command roles for women in Short Service Commission services in the Army.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/petitioners-hail-supreme-court-s-watershed-order-for-women-in-army/story-rd4BSv9NLC2Z5vOTi95TAI_amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
I joined the bro army shortly before Felix hit 50 million subsribers. I always wanted a piece of merch, but could never afford it, because I was in school. Recently, I got a job and turned 18, and this was my first purchase with my card. Thank you Felix for every laugh you gave me over the years.
UK Chief of Defense (left) and The Netherlands Chief of Defense pose in front of members of the British Army Coldstream guards. (2020)
In "They shall not grow old" a British veteran describes the Prussian regiments of the German army as "cruel b*stards" is there any real reason for this, or was it just propaganda.
Today is the anniversary of Irish Prime minister Jack Lynch’s 1969 televised address on the violence in Northern Ireland, announcing the Irish Army will set up field hospitals and refugee camps and calling on the British government to allow the UN to deploy peacekeepers to the area rte.ie/archives/exhibitio…
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, painting divisional and arm of service markings on a German Schwimmwagen captured from 12th SS Panzer Division (HitlerJugend), 6 July 1944. Date 1944
TIL that during the recording for the movie "Yellow Submarine", Peter Batten (who provided the voice of George Harrison) was discovered to be a deserter from the British Army of the Rhine in Germany and was arrested before he finished recording for the film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yel…
Apparently, British cavalry officer Louis Edward Nolan, who was killed in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854, was not struck off the Austrian Army payroll until 1899. Was he actually getting paid, if so who got the money, and why did it take so long to stop?
Life in the Creggan (1979). How life was for the ordinary person while the British Army and the IRA fought daily battles on the streets of Derry. (50:57) youtube.com/watch?v=8Cfby…
British army death squads in the north of Ireland morningstaronline.co.uk/a…
Headgear of the British Indian Army in the First World War
British Army LTGEN of Belgo-Irish parentage, who 'enjoyed' WWI. In his career, he was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
[November 15th, 1918] Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, leaving British Advanced GHQ at Iwuy, 15 November 1918. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, the C-in-C of the British Army, is seeing him off.
TIL of William Windsor, a goat who served in the Royal Welsh of the British Army, where he was demoted from lance corporal to fusilier after inappropriate behaviour during the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations, he is nowadays retired at a zoo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil…
I wish there was a mode where two players could purchase armies made of the enemies in the game, and then they all spawn in the same room and you see who wins.
So like you get a certain amount of points, and each enemy costs a certain number of points. So you decide which units to buy, and then place them on your side of the map, and then your opponent does the same (could just be you playing both sides for fun, or whoever is there next to you at the computer/on the couch), and then you press play and watch the carnage.
You can try to come up with the best combinations and just have fun seeing who wins!
British army troops are covered in flames from a petrol bomb thrown during a violent protest by job seekers, who say they were promised employment in the security services, in the southern Iraq city of Basra on March 22, 2004.
Soldiers of the Jewish Brigade (embedded within the British Army) guard captured German Soldiers in Italy: April, 1945.
TDIH: James Wolfe, born January 2, 1727, was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec as a major general. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam…
Is this level of quality worthy of offering commission services (for tabletop armies)? More detailed question in comments.
TDIH: April 1, 1908, The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ter…
Why was the Holy Roman Empire, and more specifically Hesse and the Hessian Army, on the side of the Americans against the British in 1775, if France was the Americans’ major backer?
Could it have been that the Germany felt peace towards France at that time due to the Bourbons still being in power? If I remember correctly the Habsburgs and the HRE took the side of the Bourbons during the French Revolution and tried to intervene directly with Austrian troops. The Habsburgs took the wrong side and ended up on a slow path towards losing control of Germany. But this occurred before that, so I’m wondering if maybe Austria (d.b.a. Germany/HRE) and France were cool at that point? And if they were, that would mean the Habsburgs would also be cool with Hessian support of America alongside the French?
Cameron Highlanders, a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, and Indian troops march past the Great Pyramid in the North African Desert, on December 9, 1940.
British paratroopers fighting civilian-clothed Communist partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army in Athens (1945) youtube.com/watch?v=W4_jv…
[1974] The Bomb Disposal Men - documentary about an EOD team in the British Army, focussing on the pressures of the job and the difficulties in maintaining a family life. youtu.be/W_wKZ9NqLq4
Windrush man who served in British army for nine years told there is no record of him independent.co.uk/news/uk…
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921-2019). In 1942 he volunteered to join the British Army's Irish Guards. He participated in the Normandy landings and the Battle for Caen, and joined the Allied forces in the liberation of Luxembourg. He was Colonel of the Regiment from 1984-2000.
TDIH: January 13, 1849, The Battle of Chillianwala was fought during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in the Chillianwala region of Punjab. The battle was one of the bloodiest fought by the British East India Company. Both armies held their positions at the end of the battle, both sides claimed victory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat…
