Coldstream Guards - Origin of the Modern British Army 

@Kings and Generals if my dad had thumbs and wasn’t wiped out by the asteroid, I would totally get him a wallet

Both Mother and Fathers day were creations conjured up by card companies and later adopted by other businesses to create more sales.

Please, could you do a video about `The Voyage of the Glorioso´ of 1747?

We need more Scotland. Love your videos

Could you do a video on the organisation of the British army during the 18 or 19th centuries?

Good idea!

@@KingsandGenerals In minute 9:04 you say 1658 while in the video it shows 1652

@@johnlygouras674 how did you notice that?

Well spotted John Lygouras - also worth noting that at 2:52 he says 1622 when the caption reads 1642. He also says the word 'gotten' later on, which is awkward in British English, but maybe I'm the only one who finds that annoying any more.

@@johndoerayme7064 You are not the only one, it is such an unnecessary word and so incongruous. Usually, easily replaced with 'become' or simply 'got'. I'm no linguist but I hate to hear it.

I saw the same thing. As a former 2CG man that is unacceptable.

We will get there!

Thanks!

Lasse Frahm Bertelsen couldn’t have been during a civil war, could it?

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Did you lose your hands 😎

No....I lost my control over my life ..... straight downward spiral from here om

@@fullmetalalchemist9126 things are gonna get better man, there's ALWAYS light at the end of the tunnel. Keep your head up. You WILL reach the end of the tunnel no matter what. Keep going brother ✊ *"If you're going through hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill*

It's always darkest before dawn, bhai.

Go read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius

That's bloody all of them.

Officially Devin's profile on twitter I think says he lives in Wales, blame it on that and move on

@@rocekth but if he lives in Wales why didnt he pronounce it "Bvrevrevrickrvevv"?

Oh my oh my im shaking and crying right now how can a person mispronounce a Word oh god this is a war crime.

@@jonme225 cope

And 'Fenwick'.

As a former coldstreamer i have, repeatedly

Brilliant..two cg

Bigmek Andy oof

I'd argue Highlanders

Also Morpeth is not in the Lake District, but considering the scale of this production I suppose it a small price to pay. :)

More importantly they've put Carlisle right on top of Silloth - an absolute scandal.

First the US Marines they are and were the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen

He helped the pretender of the english faction

@@teocarnaghi6771 the monarch was holding too many feasts while the war was on.

He oversaw the slaughter of Dundee a town of 10,000 people 2000 kill in a rampage the Monk allowed

@@OutspokenSeeker lol

@@cosh52 Ever tried to stop an army from running wild after a town's been captured? It's not easy. Not even Wellington could manage it (Badajoz 1812).

A military junta is basically just a government ran by the military. Rather than having civil offices ran ran by people via commission or election; military officers are assigned the task of what civil offices entailed. Ex- a major being in charge of agriculture, etc.

@@PRubin-rh4sr but other people don't and he saved me a search on google

@@far_centrist Yeah, in Spanish it means to be together or join together. It also has a secondary meaning, as a internal military/political union joining together to take power. I didn't think English speakers would know the word. And like you said, the first syllable is pronunced like an English "who" but with an "n". There is no english sounding "J" in Spanish. Spanish "J" sounds like an english "H". I figured K&G wouldn't know how to pronunce it correctly.

I'm from London England, but live in Thailand (34 years) Thailand the land of military coups, even today Thailand is run by the military and they are corrupt as hell. But saying that most politicians, if not all, are corrupt. Swings and roundabouts.

@@jerryjungle5717 Trump wanted to clean the swamp, but the increasingly powerful communists and permanent establishmentatians had other ideas, making sure that fraud and election meddling occurred at astonishing and unprecedented amounts. The media and big tech were not only joes campaign manager, but also his brownshirts, eliminating any problematic information related to crooked joe hidin biden and taking away the ability for anybody to even question the radicalism of the left through advocating for violence and enacting censorship with an extra large side of misinformation and projection.

Only if the sheriff proclaimed "I'm gonna cut your heart out with a spoon!!!"

@@thespanishinquisition4078 Why a spoon cousin? Why not an axe?

@@paterpatriae645 because it hurts more

Why did he beat him?

@@zxera9702 was a drunk teenager

I believe there is a book entitled. George Monck.... The English Ceasar.

The Royal Scots Borderers (now 1 Scots) pre date this. 1633 Hepburns Regiment

There's a couple of issues with the Royal Scots (or Royal Regiment of Foot, or 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), the unit's had a good few names over the centuries) and a claim that they're the most senior. Firstly, for better or worse, they were Line Infantry, not Guards, and the Guards Regiments always had (and have) greater seniority. Secondly, while the regiment was raised in 1633 (or maybe 1625, depending on preference) it fought as part of the French Army from 1635-1662, and so is still be younger than either the Grenadier or Coldstream Guards in British service.

@@13141Scott What you say is true, but though the Royal Scots are/were regarded as the senior Regiment of Foot in the British Army, they have never been ranked as Guards. They are thus in a different category. In any case, though Hepburn's regiment does date to 1633, it was formed (with licence from Charles I) to fight with the French army in the Thirty Years' War, which probably doesn't count. The period of the Civil War(s) was an ambiguous time (understatement...) in terms of unit history and loyalties, but the Royal Scots' affiliation to the British Crown is generally dated to 1661. Indeed, the present-day British Army was effectively formed in 1661, as described in this video. A more interesting case, perhaps, concerns the Scots Guards. This was formed as the Marquis of Argyll's Royal Regiment in 1642 - but it's history (and allegiance) during the Civil War(s) is complicated. It certainly took the field against Montrose when he was fighting for Charles I. The regiment ceased to exist after the Battle of Worcester (1651) but was re-formed in 1661, as The Scottish regiment of Foot Guards, but wasn't placed upon the "English" (official) army list until 1686.

The Scots Guards are in fact the oldest Regiment of the Foot Guards, raised in 1642. But they were disbanded for 11 years, from 1651 until 1662.

@@13141Scott Don't think Borderers is part of Royal Scots name! I may be wrong but think that the Kings Own Scottish Borderers are only Regiment with Borderers in it(Scottish side that is)!

Yup

And about Spanish Tercios, the best infantry of Europe for 150 years.

What about a kings german legion episode?

I am considering to make Wellington channel to reply to all of your comments, jeez

@@DCDVassili depends on how you see it. Its structure is discontinued in regards of what it was at its creation and what it became later. The 1st Immemorial Guards are effectively created in 1632, not in 1248. 1248 relates to the first Castillan "permanent" retinue of troops the King created. But if you count that as a military unit, then all countries in Europe can claim this because by this time all of them had permanent retinues as well in parallel of feudal levies. The unit created in 1632 was formed by combining veterans from virtually all Spanish tercios, and that new force took up the name Immemorial Guards even though they don't bare nothing of heritage to the medieval royal retinue, only in 1995. If you consider oldest "regiments" of Europe, that stayed regiments with the same tactical role, same name, structure and fighting capacity (not just the name and military claimed heritage), then the oldest european unit is the French 1er RI Picardie formed as such in 1479, then the Spanish King's Guard (1632) if you disregard the name changes and restructurations, and then the British Coldstream Guards formed in 1650.

They are so well produced and so often, I feel spoiled watching them

Even European descendant elite military units from the entire world. Like the U.S. Army Rangers, from the British colonial times of the North America

I hope the French Carabiniers-à-Cheval get an episode. Not only do they have as one of the most striking uniforms of all armored cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars, they also had such a checkered history with their ties to the Royalists. I believe some of them even betrayed Napoleon at Waterloo.

It's almost like you didn't watch to the end of the video, where they state quite clearly that this is what their plan is...

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The 1st regiment of foot defeated Napolians imperial guard the first time ever they were defeated They put there bearskins on and have worn them ever since

A luxurious weekend break for six thousand in Ireland?

Nothing compared to the US Marines tho

@@TT-rw3zf .... the royal marines are as old as europeans being in north america let alone the U.S. specifically, they have an entire century of history over the U.S. marines. Im confused as to why you think their history isnt anything compared the the U.S.? I mean the royal marines fought in the french revolutionary wars, napoleonic wars, spanish succession wars, opium wars and all 10.5 years of the world wars amongst many others.... thats fascinating stuff yet you think its nothing? As compared to what? 3 years of ww2 and vietnam? Also why so needy? This video is about the coldstream guards and the op recommended a video about the royal marines... whats the U.S. marines got to do with it? A piece of advice.... never be the “but but but what about these guys?? They are cool, pay attention to this totally unrelated thing so that i can feel validated and puff my chest out...” needy never looks good on anyone. And btw cause i can see where this is going, i am not disparaging the U.S. marines in any way, a friend from high school joined them and my uncle served in vietnam in the navy so im not insulting anyone... you were the one who insulted the royal marines (which is pretty fucked up since they fought the nazis for 6+ years and won) by stating they were worthless in comparison, which again, is messed up since anyone who serves their country should be respected

@@TT-rw3zf The Royal Marines were fixing bayonets whilst the United States was soiling it's nappy mate. Established 1664.

@@TT-rw3zf you can find a few actual US Marines here on RU-vid who admit that the Royal Marines are the more elite of the two. The US Marines are excellent and tough troops, but the Royal Marines are an elite force of Commandos who undergo some of the toughest training on earth. And they also have quite an illustrious history that I'd advise you to look up

@@TT-rw3zf loooooooool

Yeah in fairness we probably deserved the genocide...

@@dY5FUNCT10N4L What?

@Death To The CCP That's why it's so important to know it lol

@@m.g.3013 Do you not recall Cromwells genocide and mass deportation?

@@dY5FUNCT10N4L Yeah like it was yesterday. Why are you arguing?

Or even armoured companions also from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Yeah...there weren't always loyal though, few even became Roman emperors

"If Blucher doesnt come through now.. they'll break every bone in my body!"

"They came on in the same old way, and we beat them in the same old way!"

i was so early napoleon was still an artillery captain

"Give me night or give me Blucher"

@GoodGirlKate my god sir, so you have

I was going to ask if he was able to see Barnard Castle when he passed through Durham.

i don't get it. am i missing something?

@@2ears1mouth786 In the UK the prime ministers chief adviser drove a long way during lockdown to Barnard castle and their was a claim it was to test his eyesight

Quality

That's going to 'Whoosh' over a lot of folks heads. 😊

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