Is the actor typecasted into playing villains? It's as if everytime I saw him in anything, he is playing a villain character. N he does it ever so well.
I always found Girdwood to be somewhat a conundrum. On one side he's abusive and very elitist (not really uncommon for people in their position), but on the other he DID drill soldiers quite well and was personally present to oversee his NCO's work. He recognized Harper and Sharpe as having served in the military without asking them. He remembers the names of common soldiers. He'd be a fine officer if not for cowardice and at times cruelty.
As others have said, barring the ethical issues like man hunting and selling his troops; he does make for a good bootcamp officer, churning out well trained fresh recruits who know the textbook drills and obey orders quickly....now they just need some time with the veteran NCOs like Harper to teach them all the unofficial tricks
Because its a good show, assholes dont have to be incompetent. In modern TV the problem is the hero is always some perfect person while the villains are laughably incompetent and useless and just there to show how badass the protagonist is
His forte was in training men not leading them. As a lieutenant he walked into an ambush while on patrol in Ireland losing his entire command. He was returned to Britain in ignominy. Simmerson recognised his ability in training men and positioned him accordingly but of course was crimping and sharing the profits with Girdwood. Girdwood obviously had mental health problems maybe even PTSD which of course wasn’t recognised in the 18th/19th century, his hatred of the Irish and fear of dogs point towards that.
I suppose one way to look at this is that Girdwood is a man who's very caught up with appearances. Everything needs to be perfect, so it makes sense that his troops would need to be perfect too. So he trains his soldiers well so that they can be perfect, making him the very model of a modern lieutenant colonel. Perhaps his skill at drilling and training men is an outgrowth of a sort of trauma-induced OCD.
If Girdwood wouldn't have shot the dog and did the other inhumane stuff, he would be a pretty respectable officer. I mean he knows the name of all his soldiers and walks among them personally correcting their posture.
Yeah actually, besides his PTSD shenanigans which includes his hatred of dogs, he would have actually made a good training officer, if they made his camp into a central boot camp (and not a for-profit soldier market) much like how the IRL modern militaries do it.
actually the dog shotting was just the sergeant,girdwood was natural scared of the dog but didn't give an order to shoot it,he is a really good officer when it comes to training civilians into soldier,and he is a good imaige of an officer(well dressed,good posture and a gentlemen)but ofc the hunting people in the marshes for sport was pretty inhumane as mihai said
@@pancakemacbuttery9142 Pretty sure this would have violated the Geneva Convention - even BEFORE it was invented. There are just things to cruel for this world.
Knew the western world used the Prussian education style, pretty similar. but this is the first I've heard that. Interesting. Thanks for sharing Edit: lot of the eastern world as well, former colonys and all that
@National Socialism the difference between the prussian school of trai ing and what the recruiting parties did is well documented. theres a reason glass bottom tankards became a thing.
Is it? I thought British Infantry training in the Napoleonic wars became much stricter than the Prussian one. Especially since the Prussian military went into decadence after Frederick’s death.
Likely. Though in the military drill instructors do tend to repeat the same phrases ad nauseum. So even for the few that do catch it, doesn't take away from the realism.
Every character is this series was cast brilliantly. There were some really nasty people that you knew Sharpe was going to get revenge on at some point.
I'm glad to see that many people recognize the abnormality of this situation lies in the auctions and corruption, not in the training itself. THis is pretty much how every napoleonic era soldier was drilled and dare I say it, quite well. Men had to fight in linear tactics with blood and explosions all around them, their training focused on shutting off all their thinking, emotions and follow orders as if they were robots. If the purpose of their training wasn't personal gain, Girdwood and his crew would actually have been quite usefull assets
Entirely false. The result of this training was to encourage brigandage and desertion. It's eternally fashionable to say old ways are best, but modern soldiering's far superior.
I know this show was never really the best at following up on stories across episodes but I'm sure in Company there is a mention of a Captain Girdwood who fought at Ciudad Rodrigo and was promoted for bravery. Wish they'd brought up as this Girdwood's younger brother or something, Wouldn't even have to see him. Would also add to why hes such a bitter man.
@@SantomPh I love seeing the young lads face of horror as he is beasted by corporals and the drill sergeant. If one face could sum up the training it would be his
I once heard a guy say, “I have faith in you, you’d be executed otherwise.” I don’t know if we have enough shot to bring faith in the command structure of those regiments.
You get the same script from drill sergeants all over the world to this day. Stop the recruit thinking about orders and getting them to obey instinctively. Left face! Right face! Left face! Right face! Left face! Left face! Change the order to make them listen but too fast for them to think.
You haven't seen the movie 'Glory', have you? Heck in the American Civil War, some farmboy recruits didn't know left from right but DID know hay from straw, hence their nickname 'strawfeet.' "Hayfoot, strawfoot, hayfoot, strawfoot..." was what some sergeants had to yell. My favorite story is about a new colonel, fresh off the farm. Regiment's on parade and he forgets the correct orders, so he yells: "Gee, god damn it! Gee!" Farmers to a man, said regiment turned sharply to the right, though the colonel was asked afterwards if he always handled his men like a team of oxen.
When you're being screamed at for the 20th time that day, you stop computing orders and mistakes happen. This has to be broken out of you, because when you are standing in front of a hail of lead, you will still need to know left from right in the days when formation fighting was a thing. The same thing is required today for similar reasons. Just because you are having a devastating mental crisis doesn't mean the war stops so you can work through it.
@Pat Terson if you dont break the comfort expectations of civilian life to rebuild people into soldiers. You cant also have tight discipline. A properly followed command structure. Without all that you have a bunch of people that will panic and break in modern combat
The training was hard back in them days for an ITV extra. Though the ones who made through this went on to become forensic workers in Inspector Morse and locals in the background at the Wolfpack in Emmerdale, so they had to break them and build them up again.
The purpose of the screaming and the abuse is to teach them to follow orders to the letter despite being under immense pressure as they would be in actual combat, and it unifies the men into a more close knit unit by giving them a common enemy. Of course Sgt Lynch and Lt Col Girdwood are poor examples of effective instructors, instead being egotistical and sadistic. Notwithstanding the point I'm making is the treatment has a clear purpose and isn't just mindless abuse.
In all fairness, Girdwood isn't sadistic, he's simply a coward. He has a meticulous attention to detail and discipline, to his credit, such that he knows his recruits by name and is confident in their capabilities. He's got no talent as a commander largely due to his PTSD and general cowardice, but he's a solid choice for running a training camp of the time period.
It was also because at the time, thousands of muskets and cannon going off all around you tends to make giving orders almost impossible without flags or drums and bugles. A well trained soldier tuned out just about every other bit of racket, keeping his ears open for orders from specific officers and sergeants, as well as relying on muscle memory.
One of the officers sizing up the men towards the end of this clip was a friend of mine at the same train drivers depot. How are you Keith?( I last saw you hanging out of the door of an HST at Kilburn wash road). He was a member of a Napoleonic reenactment society and I believe provided his own uniform.
In an earlier one didnt simmerson name the guy who collapsed on a run? "50 lashes for Dodds when he can appreciate it" or something??? So he knows his men too!
on first not sighting sharpe amongst the wretched ranks sir, I naturally ignored the lot and carried on drinking and shouting and gave the order to chase them through the bog , that's my style sir .
2:30 Wait a minute, I'm confused, the dog survived? Or is it *supposed* to be dead? If that's the case, why does he still have the body? I'm under the impression that the training has been going on for days or weeks, if that doggo is supposed to be dead he would be in a really bad state by now...
This practice was known as crimping. In those lovely times, regiments stationed in the West Indies, had horrendous losses due to yellow fever and malaria. Those who survived? needed recruits badly. Recruits would initially think that they were being stationed in America, or Canada thinking of the opportunities. When informed of their true destination, many would jump overboard, rather than face near certain death. The Officers would come to England, pay a huge amount in revenue, and buy recruits
the shirts historically had high floppy collars. you'd wrap a neck cloth around it, to make a neat look. that is in civilian clothing as well. Then, it became fashionable for formal attire, to wear 'stocks', which were not simple neck cloths bulging and folding rather randomly and tied at the front, but a rectangular piece of fine cloth, closing at the back of the neck with ties or metal buckles or clasps, the front of these stocks was made from exceedingly fine white linnen and sewn into neat and fine pleats. They were commonly backed with stiffened linnen, to prevent them from crumbling. The soldiers life meant, that it was not always possible to keep a bright and spotless clean white cloth or stock, or get a clean shirt every day. So the army adopted black stocks as a 'more soldierly' option hiding dirt and looking 'neat', also covering the shirt collar. The british commonly used fabric woven from black horsehair, which is a very nice textured and glossy material. Since starching and ironing as with linnen stocks is not an option, leather was commonly inserted for stiffness. Interestingly, though, the stocks were not worn like a strangling choking devise, and rather just tight enough to keep the shirt collar up (the upper edge commonly peeking just above the stock and being folded down.) Also, when standing straight and upright in a healthy position, they are not the least restricting. They only mildly deter letting your head sink down to look at your feet, which people are prone to do when learning to march. However, towards the early 19th C., stocks became increasingly higher, so much so, that they needed to be cut somewhat curved to allow for shoulder, throat etc., when they abandoned the nice outer coverings, and went for black leather alone. Much more uncomfortable than the earlier ones, but still not as bad as media tends to make them out. I'd say wearing a stock is not more of an incnvenience than wearing a tie.
Basically they were using the fact that the South Essex was extremely famous and well respected thanks to Sharpe taking the Eagle to entice recruits to join up. Then they sold those recruits to other less perstigious units who couldn't get as many men to take the shilling.
Baxter I use fmovies.to and you can find the order to watch via the series Wikipedia. First one is Shares Rifles though. Though there are quite a bit of ads in the process of getting the video, just tab out of them and once you got the video you’re good.
Training uniforms. So they're easily identifiable as recruits. Also saves on the expense if the recruit doesn't make it. They'll get a proper uniform when they get sent to their units.
@@foolslayer9416 I reckon you have not seen the whole episode. Basically Sharpe and Harper are undercover, trying to determine why the South Essex isn't getting the replacements they need at the front line.
Was the dog merely shot or actually killed? Looks to still be alive, but I cannot tell if it is due to the dog acting or the soldier purposely only shot and not killed it. How long would they allow him to keep a dead dog? It'd be quite stiff soon and then "go off".
I love how all the NCO:s scream insults and abuse, ferquently striking and caning the recruits, then we get Lt. Colonel Girdwood. *Poke poke* "You hopeless, hopeless boy!"
It does look funny, but we must remember that officers in that day were supposed to be above the slogging and flogging themselves. To be recognized by your superior officer in that day meant two things: Either you are to be commended, or you screwed up big time. And thats when the Sergeants eat you alive.
Upon sighting the dog, I scolded it's mistress in good order. That's my style sir.
Now thats Simmersoning
I have a report here from private Vaughn which differs somewhat from yours.
@@digitalradiohacker "Private Vaughn was hanged for thievery, I thought?"
@@TheAzureNightmare "Private Vaughn answered with his life."
simmerson is such a well-written character played by a great actor. i know this because i hate him.
You can tell Michael Cocoran loves playing Simmerson. He is in about six episodes. What a great character.
Is the actor typecasted into playing villains? It's as if everytime I saw him in anything, he is playing a villain character. N he does it ever so well.
@@dchegu Was born to play the villain, usually very nice people irl.
@@dchegu he is a tad typecast
True. He did his duty.
I always found Girdwood to be somewhat a conundrum. On one side he's abusive and very elitist (not really uncommon for people in their position), but on the other he DID drill soldiers quite well and was personally present to oversee his NCO's work. He recognized Harper and Sharpe as having served in the military without asking them. He remembers the names of common soldiers. He'd be a fine officer if not for cowardice and at times cruelty.
As others have said, barring the ethical issues like man hunting and selling his troops; he does make for a good bootcamp officer, churning out well trained fresh recruits who know the textbook drills and obey orders quickly....now they just need some time with the veteran NCOs like Harper to teach them all the unofficial tricks
Because its a good show, assholes dont have to be incompetent. In modern TV the problem is the hero is always some perfect person while the villains are laughably incompetent and useless and just there to show how badass the protagonist is
His forte was in training men not leading them. As a lieutenant he walked into an ambush while on patrol in Ireland losing his entire command. He was returned to Britain in ignominy.
Simmerson recognised his ability in training men and positioned him accordingly but of course was crimping and sharing the profits with Girdwood.
Girdwood obviously had mental health problems maybe even PTSD which of course wasn’t recognised in the 18th/19th century, his hatred of the Irish and fear of dogs point towards that.
I suppose one way to look at this is that Girdwood is a man who's very caught up with appearances. Everything needs to be perfect, so it makes sense that his troops would need to be perfect too. So he trains his soldiers well so that they can be perfect, making him the very model of a modern lieutenant colonel. Perhaps his skill at drilling and training men is an outgrowth of a sort of trauma-induced OCD.
He just sucked up to Simmerson, never a gentlemen but always reminded of his lower status.
After the war, Girdwood took up residence in Belgium and became a detective.
And Wellington became his assistant.
He didn't.
His mustache did.
Lol
Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Very good!
Poirot
If Girdwood wouldn't have shot the dog and did the other inhumane stuff, he would be a pretty respectable officer. I mean he knows the name of all his soldiers and walks among them personally correcting their posture.
yea, but he apparently has a lot of PTSD issues and he takes it out on everyone else.
Yeah actually, besides his PTSD shenanigans which includes his hatred of dogs, he would have actually made a good training officer, if they made his camp into a central boot camp (and not a for-profit soldier market) much like how the IRL modern militaries do it.
actually the dog shotting was just the sergeant,girdwood was natural scared of the dog but didn't give an order to shoot it,he is a really good officer when it comes to training civilians into soldier,and he is a good imaige of an officer(well dressed,good posture and a gentlemen)but ofc the hunting people in the marshes for sport was pretty inhumane as mihai said
Girdwood is the Cpt. Sobel of the 17th Century 😂😂😂
@@PzGren_1907 hey now, sobel was a ass but he gave a shit about his men's lives.
Sharpe's Regiment, one of my favourite episodes. Especially when Girdwood goes to leave his cabin and Sharpe is standing there in his uniform!
He does
"Morning Smith!"
"... Good morning. >8("
No, I command here!
@@andrewphillips9391 *proceeds to restyle Girdwoods mustache with his own swagger stick
Looks like an army of bakers.
@Bluewolfe "if dem bois trained by Greggs, y dey so thinn den?"
Big Dan
Fatigue dress!
😂
You WILLL make casseroles and cakes to frow at the french and tell them the stink
@@pancakemacbuttery9142 Pretty sure this would have violated the Geneva Convention - even BEFORE it was invented. There are just things to cruel for this world.
For anyone wondering, this is the Prussian style of training, you break them down and build them back up
Knew the western world used the Prussian education style, pretty similar. but this is the first I've heard that. Interesting.
Thanks for sharing
Edit: lot of the eastern world as well, former colonys and all that
To be fair, the Prussian style of training pretty much became the only style of training at some point.
the cruelty isn't though the prussian assumes volunteers
@National Socialism the difference between the prussian school of trai ing and what the recruiting parties did is well documented. theres a reason glass bottom tankards became a thing.
Is it? I thought British Infantry training in the Napoleonic wars became much stricter than the Prussian one. Especially since the Prussian military went into decadence after Frederick’s death.
I can’t wait to see sharp return as a major to deal justice !!
Luke L. Yes, it’s going to be amazing for the grand return that’s coming soon
?
@Luke L. That clip has already been uploaded.
I couldn't wait. I had to buy the episode on iTunes for a dollar.
RSM Harper having Sergeant Lynch repeat “God save Ireland!” Over and over. And the fear in Sergeant Lynch’s eyes. Gotta love it.
If Sharpe wanted Girdwood to suffer he should’ve let him marry Jane!
Well said sir, I hated her for what she later did to Sharpe
She did have glorious chebs though
Last time was this early, Sharpe was still a sergeant.
He was only ever a sergeant in the pilot episode
@@eventingcrazy I know this is necro posting, but he was a sergeant in two books as well
*serjeant
0:08 1:20. Reusing audio samples to save money, now that's soldiering
Likely. Though in the military drill instructors do tend to repeat the same phrases ad nauseum. So even for the few that do catch it, doesn't take away from the realism.
Every character is this series was cast brilliantly. There were some really nasty people that you knew Sharpe was going to get revenge on at some point.
The sweetest of all
I'm glad to see that many people recognize the abnormality of this situation lies in the auctions and corruption, not in the training itself. THis is pretty much how every napoleonic era soldier was drilled and dare I say it, quite well. Men had to fight in linear tactics with blood and explosions all around them, their training focused on shutting off all their thinking, emotions and follow orders as if they were robots. If the purpose of their training wasn't personal gain, Girdwood and his crew would actually have been quite usefull assets
Entirely false. The result of this training was to encourage brigandage and desertion. It's eternally fashionable to say old ways are best, but modern soldiering's far superior.
I know this show was never really the best at following up on stories across episodes but I'm sure in Company there is a mention of a Captain Girdwood who fought at Ciudad Rodrigo and was promoted for bravery. Wish they'd brought up as this Girdwood's younger brother or something, Wouldn't even have to see him. Would also add to why hes such a bitter man.
I see British army training has not changed much in the last 200 years....
the basics remain the same for all military forces, would not be right with no sergeants yelling
@@SantomPh I love seeing the young lads face of horror as he is beasted by corporals and the drill sergeant. If one face could sum up the training it would be his
I'm an American and have done those punishments myself
@michael dowson They do apologise after giving said criticism though, right?
@michael dowson Nope no yelling, just speaking clearly and with authority...
That dog is hard as nails, it's been shot with a musket ball and is still breathing Hahahaha 2:31
You want them to actually hurt the dog? The dog is a good boy and he did his best.
I once heard a guy say, “I have faith in you, you’d be executed otherwise.” I don’t know if we have enough shot to bring faith in the command structure of those regiments.
Which regiments?
Not knowing left from right...
Now that's soldiering.
You get the same script from drill sergeants all over the world to this day. Stop the recruit thinking about orders and getting them to obey instinctively.
Left face!
Right face!
Left face!
Right face!
Left face!
Left face!
Change the order to make them listen but too fast for them to think.
*remembering Basic*
Aaah yes
You haven't seen the movie 'Glory', have you? Heck in the American Civil War, some farmboy recruits didn't know left from right but DID know hay from straw, hence their nickname 'strawfeet.' "Hayfoot, strawfoot, hayfoot, strawfoot..." was what some sergeants had to yell. My favorite story is about a new colonel, fresh off the farm. Regiment's on parade and he forgets the correct orders, so he yells: "Gee, god damn it! Gee!"
Farmers to a man, said regiment turned sharply to the right, though the colonel was asked afterwards if he always handled his men like a team of oxen.
When you're being screamed at for the 20th time that day, you stop computing orders and mistakes happen. This has to be broken out of you, because when you are standing in front of a hail of lead, you will still need to know left from right in the days when formation fighting was a thing. The same thing is required today for similar reasons. Just because you are having a devastating mental crisis doesn't mean the war stops so you can work through it.
I must say for all his imperfections and cowardly, pompous nature lieutenant colonel Girdwood runs a tight ship.
Yes, very tight. Tight as his ass.
@@nealmarasinghe7755 and with a moustache like that...
He might be corrupt but his basic training is legit. You have to give him that. You have to be an asshole to get civilians to become soldiers.
@Pat Terson if you dont break the comfort expectations of civilian life to rebuild people into soldiers. You cant also have tight discipline. A properly followed command structure. Without all that you have a bunch of people that will panic and break in modern combat
He has some redeeming graces.
They say that in The Army the pay is mighty fine
They give you a hundred dollars and take back ninety-nine
I used to sing that in JROTC. I miss the old days.
The training was hard back in them days for an ITV extra. Though the ones who made through this went on to become forensic workers in Inspector Morse and locals in the background at the Wolfpack in Emmerdale, so they had to break them and build them up again.
I hear the Live Action One Piece is an ITV production!
It may seem brutal, but everyone in the military has gone through a version of this.
Yeah, it reminded me of my basic training during the Vietnam thing
You need to get men used to this because its too late when the bullets fly..
@@trazyntheinfinite9895 just call the prince of Orange onto the field eh haha
1:51 the extra in the background is smiling at the other guy being punished. Wouldn't expect a smile in a place like this
You expected wrong. Everyone loves a solid smokeshow as long as its not them.
Simmerson is such as good character . Michael Cochrane is a superb actor.
Would be interesting to see a prequel episode of Girdwood in Ireland and his subsequent fall from grace
"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" ~Girdwood possibly
Superb casting and acting. Solid script's. Loved this stuff back in the 90s
The purpose of the screaming and the abuse is to teach them to follow orders to the letter despite being under immense pressure as they would be in actual combat, and it unifies the men into a more close knit unit by giving them a common enemy. Of course Sgt Lynch and Lt Col Girdwood are poor examples of effective instructors, instead being egotistical and sadistic. Notwithstanding the point I'm making is the treatment has a clear purpose and isn't just mindless abuse.
In all fairness, Girdwood isn't sadistic, he's simply a coward. He has a meticulous attention to detail and discipline, to his credit, such that he knows his recruits by name and is confident in their capabilities. He's got no talent as a commander largely due to his PTSD and general cowardice, but he's a solid choice for running a training camp of the time period.
While it had a purpose at the time, it's now considered discredited and is not practiced in modern military training. Or, it's not supposed to be.
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem oh I agree and I fully support the removal of it. I'm in training at HMS Raleigh atm and it's nothing like this
@Dan Beech If this was the British training i wonder what was the Prussia military training and the later the German like.
It was also because at the time, thousands of muskets and cannon going off all around you tends to make giving orders almost impossible without flags or drums and bugles. A well trained soldier tuned out just about every other bit of racket, keeping his ears open for orders from specific officers and sergeants, as well as relying on muscle memory.
Fun Fact: The Actor playing Girdwood is actually as black as bog as O' Keefe him self
One of the officers sizing up the men towards the end of this clip was a friend of mine at the same train drivers depot. How are you Keith?( I last saw you hanging out of the door of an HST at Kilburn wash road). He was a member of a Napoleonic reenactment society and I believe provided his own uniform.
In an earlier one didnt simmerson name the guy who collapsed on a run? "50 lashes for Dodds when he can appreciate it" or something??? So he knows his men too!
Probably worth saying that British army recruit training in the napoleonic era would have been far, far worse than this
For those who had been farmers and laborers, military life was easy.
I like this visual. Drill sergeants have been drill sergeants since the dawn of time.
Girdwood might be a shitty battlefield commander but one can't deny, he's a damn good training officer.
The crappy battle commanders normally are.
So he's the 19th century version of Sobel?
@@paulkruger2003 beat me to it lol
You can see it better when he's on horseback, but by god, Girdwoods fur-lined greatcoat is beautiful.
1:14 Xd 🤣 that part made me laugh, plus the face it puts xD
Reviewing troops whilst drinking champagne, now that's soldiering.
No, that’s Simmersoning!
Wonderful Michael (that’s my style, sir) Cochran.
Thank you.
Sounds like a right fun place. Next to Butlins I should say.
What a lovely place what's on the menu dead dog with hint of black Irish
What about filth?
In the American army dogs were pets of the regiment down to platoon level. Woe to the soldier who mistreated one.
Boot camp never changes. 😂😂 I swear I heard that same speech at Fort Sill from a drill sergeant.
"Yue is SCOM"
Great uploads. It would be rad if you said which episode they are from in the video. No complaints though!
Reminds me of my time during basic training
♪ TV scores in the '90s, they say they're mighty fine ♫
♪ The instruments electric, no matter place or time ♫
on first not sighting sharpe amongst the wretched ranks sir, I naturally ignored the lot and carried on drinking and shouting and gave the order to chase them through the bog , that's my style sir .
1:54 dude in the back is laughing at his fellow recruit damn
He’s happy it’s not him
00:24 The 20th Century Fox drum is what I hear 😂
Ha! He knows the names of each one of them! Damned if I can tell them apart.
GOD SAVE IRELAND!
God save Northern Ireland!
God save king George 😂😂😂😂😂
PADDY FILTH
Devil's Fury Cheers mate 😎😂
Thick mick , BREXIT is coming
Hearing the “proper English” conversation between Girdwood and Simmerson makes me want to run head first into a busted brick wall.
2:30 Wait a minute, I'm confused, the dog survived? Or is it *supposed* to be dead? If that's the case, why does he still have the body? I'm under the impression that the training has been going on for days or weeks, if that doggo is supposed to be dead he would be in a really bad state by now...
The dog is dead
This practice was known as crimping. In those lovely times, regiments stationed in the West Indies, had horrendous losses due to yellow fever and malaria. Those who survived? needed recruits badly. Recruits would initially think that they were being stationed in America, or Canada thinking of the opportunities. When informed of their true destination, many would jump overboard, rather than face near certain death. The Officers would come to England, pay a huge amount in revenue, and buy recruits
0:24 The song FOX movie century
Girdwood looks like an evil, English military version of Poirot. Which is a tad ironic, as Lord Wellington is Arthur Hastings..
It's the gas man!
Hello, could I just read your meter?
HELLO, MR GAS MAN!
What's with the electric guitars?
Reminds me of Great Lakes.
Was Rowan Atkinson unavailable to play Girdwood?
You’d think that by this stage of the wars/series, Harper and Sharpe would have learned some decent drill. Lol
They were playing down thier abilites to fit in and not stand out, they where undercover
1:55 the guy smiling 😂
Best commidian I have ever seen
Reminds me of Red Phase back in basic training
Never understood the purpose of those neck stocks. What was the point?
the shirts historically had high floppy collars. you'd wrap a neck cloth around it, to make a neat look. that is in civilian clothing as well. Then, it became fashionable for formal attire, to wear 'stocks', which were not simple neck cloths bulging and folding rather randomly and tied at the front, but a rectangular piece of fine cloth, closing at the back of the neck with ties or metal buckles or clasps, the front of these stocks was made from exceedingly fine white linnen and sewn into neat and fine pleats. They were commonly backed with stiffened linnen, to prevent them from crumbling.
The soldiers life meant, that it was not always possible to keep a bright and spotless clean white cloth or stock, or get a clean shirt every day. So the army adopted black stocks as a 'more soldierly' option hiding dirt and looking 'neat', also covering the shirt collar.
The british commonly used fabric woven from black horsehair, which is a very nice textured and glossy material. Since starching and ironing as with linnen stocks is not an option, leather was commonly inserted for stiffness.
Interestingly, though, the stocks were not worn like a strangling choking devise, and rather just tight enough to keep the shirt collar up (the upper edge commonly peeking just above the stock and being folded down.) Also, when standing straight and upright in a healthy position, they are not the least restricting. They only mildly deter letting your head sink down to look at your feet, which people are prone to do when learning to march.
However, towards the early 19th C., stocks became increasingly higher, so much so, that they needed to be cut somewhat curved to allow for shoulder, throat etc., when they abandoned the nice outer coverings, and went for black leather alone.
Much more uncomfortable than the earlier ones, but still not as bad as media tends to make them out.
I'd say wearing a stock is not more of an incnvenience than wearing a tie.
Keep your head up and looking straight ahead instead of having a poor posture, good for recruits so they didn't lose form.
is there anywhere i can go to actually watch the entire show? cause everywhere ive looked i cant find it
Daily motion
You could buy it.
Could someone explain what the scam was? I didn’t understand how they were “selling“ the soldiers, who to, and what for?
Basically they were using the fact that the South Essex was extremely famous and well respected thanks to Sharpe taking the Eagle to entice recruits to join up. Then they sold those recruits to other less perstigious units who couldn't get as many men to take the shilling.
Glad to see nothing has changed. With the exception of the stick hitting, the Army is still the same.
How was Simmerson getting his hands on champagne whilst England was at war with France?
What's the point of the stocks around the necks?
lets get it right, apart from the flogging we were beasted harder than that when i trained to join my regiment..
Left Turn, Quick March. 💂🏻♂️
Except for the human hunting and the racism against the Irish Girdwood is not a bad training officers.
They're not a patch on Gunnery Sergeant Hartman though.
Probably because otherwise this wouldn't have been allowed TV before 9pm.
1:51 that guy is smiling lOL
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What an unsatisfactory ending this one had
Wait so is the dog (button) alive or is Charlie is keeping its body?
Gotta give it to Girdwood, he sure knows how to dress properly ;)
does anyone know where you can find these episodes for free online? I really want to watch this show
Baxter I use fmovies.to and you can find the order to watch via the series Wikipedia. First one is Shares Rifles though. Though there are quite a bit of ads in the process of getting the video, just tab out of them and once you got the video you’re good.
Dailymotion has all of them, it’s basically TH-cam under another name, just google each one and dailymotion should come up in the videos section
dailymotion
All of them are on 8movies.to/ if the site ever starts working again
Make sure you watch the two india episodes aswell- they're often not included in Sharpe Packages
0:24 sounds like universal intro
Did anyone notice the guy on 1:50 in the backround, smiling?
Upon refilling my drinking vessel, I downed it in short order. That's my style, sir
What is with the white uniforms?
Training uniforms. So they're easily identifiable as recruits. Also saves on the expense if the recruit doesn't make it. They'll get a proper uniform when they get sent to their units.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher Why are Sharpe and Harper in those uniforms? They're experienced officers.
@The505Guys Thanks. I just finished Sharpe's Honor so I guess I'm a little behind.
Considering they're going to be sold off to other regiments it makes no sense to issue them a uniform at this point.
@@foolslayer9416 I reckon you have not seen the whole episode. Basically Sharpe and Harper are undercover, trying to determine why the South Essex isn't getting the replacements they need at the front line.
Was the dog merely shot or actually killed? Looks to still be alive, but I cannot tell if it is due to the dog acting or the soldier purposely only shot and not killed it. How long would they allow him to keep a dead dog? It'd be quite stiff soon and then "go off".
when he said what do you think of me now Jane it sounded like blackadder
Although sgt. Lynch is a terrible person, he is an excelent drill sergeant, he turned those people into true soldiers
You get a glimpse of that when he doing bayonet training…
Damn, Sharpe went to Field Med too?
I love how all the NCO:s scream insults and abuse, ferquently striking and caning the recruits, then we get Lt. Colonel Girdwood.
*Poke poke*
"You hopeless, hopeless boy!"
It does look funny, but we must remember that officers in that day were supposed to be above the slogging and flogging themselves. To be recognized by your superior officer in that day meant two things: Either you are to be commended, or you screwed up big time. And thats when the Sergeants eat you alive.
I LOVE Simmerson. I want to BE Simmerson.
If you look , the dog is still alive :D
‘Black as bog’ .... that’s great writing
Put an AR-M9 and modern uniforms on, boot camp hasn’t changed
XD XD XD
Ok a few things have changed XD XD
Don't think they shoot you anymore for taking a dip in the pond lol
Girdwood is good as a boot officer, but terrible at combat from his PTSD.
So this is where the U.S.Marines got their tactic for new recruits.
Sgt Lynch is right out of Monty Python
The music 😂
Damn glad I’m not in the military back then
No way it was like this
Take a drink every time they say filth