I've only just found your channel and subscribed. I actually I came across part 2 first. I must have seen this documentary a dozen times, it still brings a tear to my eye. I'm eagerly waiting for part 3 and seeing your reaction to the twist in the tail. Thank you for the respect you have shown during your reaction. Happy New Year.
I don't know if you saw this about the young paratrooper that got his VC from the Queen in 2015 who survived That's 2 VC recipients in different generations of the same family th-cam.com/video/IW9QhP8K3HI/w-d-xo.html
There is a regiment in the British army that has won the VC 13 times. This regiment is made up of men from a country that has never been a part of the empire nor the common wealth. This little country was invited to send men to join the British army after the two countries skirmished a couple of hundred years ago. These kind, open and supremely humble little men are feared worldwide and have gained reputation as the most tenacious, ferocious and eye wateringly courageous fighters. Someone once said "if a man says he is not afraid going into battle, then he is either a liar or he is a Gurkha"
I go and talk to the Ghurka's when in London and I go to the barracks to wave the troops going back to barracks after taking park in the Trooping of the Colour events
Had the pleasure of serving [as a civvy] in the bar and cleaning their barracks when they were in Wiltshire. There was virtually no cleaning involved as they kept their digs immaculately - and I only saw them in the bar when their presence was requested by higher ranks or their fellow soldiers. I hope the British continue to honour and support these warriors and their families for a long time to come. Lest we forget.
It was a piss take how long it took 4 gurkas 2 b alowd 2 settle in Britain, it was a actor called joanna lumley who successfully campaigned on their behalf
My uncle was at Arnhem, as a 19 yo para. He was captured there, out of ammo, and only a bayonet, to defend himself! After he was released the Germans returned his bayonet, as they admired his courage and determination. During the Toxteth & Croxteth riots he defended his property, against looters, using that same bayonet, attached to a broom handle!
Remember Johnson Beharry VC an Afro Carribean soldier who saved his commanding officer in Afghanistan, despite being horribly injured himself. Several years ago he was on a TV show called "Dancing on Ice" he'd never seen snow or ice, let alone tried ice skating, he had clearly suffered a major head injury, but with the help of Jayne Torville and Chris Dean kept right on trying, and the public really took him to their hearts
My second cousin was a recipient. “From June 1945 the 8th Battalion operated in northern Bougainville, containing Japanese forces on the Bonis Peninsula. On 24 July Partridge was a member of a patrol ordered to destroy an enemy post, known as Base 5, near Ratsua. The Australians came under heavy machine-gun fire. Despite wounds to his arm and thigh, Partridge rushed the nearest bunker, killing its occupants with grenade and knife, then began to attack a second bunker until loss of blood forced him to stop. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. Of the Australians who won the V.C. in World War II, he was the youngest and the last, and the only militiaman.”
I go to the annual Arnhem commemorations every year.. I was British Army Air Corps. The Gliders flown by the the Glider pilot Regiment, are the predecessor the AAC, when you see where they landed, the routes they took .. the width of the river Rhine they had to swim to escape, you can see why they are a revered Regiment, and I’m proud to keep their memory alive
Used to spend some time quality time (Clears throat) at Middle Wallop. I remember driving in my MG Midget at the old junction Stone Henge. I broke down and had to sleep on the stone which is flat. Perhaps the Sacrifice Stone. I never was impressed by a sky blue beret again.
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Interesting fact: in the case of a gallant and daring act being performed by a squadron, ship's company or a detached body of men (such as marines) in which all men are deemed equally brave and deserving of the Victoria Cross then a ballot is drawn. The officers select one officer, the NCOs select one individual and the private soldiers or seamen select two individuals. The provision for the Victoria Cross being awarded by ballot still stands to this day, although there haven’t been such further awards since 1918.
In my village in County Durham, we have a memorial stone to a local man who won the VC . in the neighbouring village only a mile away, the grave of another recipient of the VC both won in the first world war Both men worked in coal mines.
My neighbour's great grandfather, Reginald Judson (one of NZs most decorated soldiers), earned himself the VC in 1918 and I actually got to hold it before it went on display in the Waiuru museum with the others. An incredible experience. After surviving WWI R Judson went to to continue to serve in the army, lied and re-enlisted to serve in WWII and retired a Major. He died just before I met his family when they moved in next door but I would really have liked to have met him.
Well worth watching, please carry on to the end, it gets even better. The narrator is a motoring journalist who used to present a programme called Top Gear, which was the most successful BBC export ever. It was watched in dozens of countries, and copied in Germany, Australia and the US. But he really outshone himself presenting this. He did a follow up to this called "The Greatest Raid of All".
More successful than Dr Who? I'd doubt that very much. The most successful documentary export perhaps. But then again young Davy Attenborough might have something to say about that....
@@EarlJohn61 I don't know what paradigm they used, presumably the number of countries a programme is sold to, and those words were straight from the BBC.
In the uk we have a national honors system where anyone can be selected to receive the MBE or OBE (Member/Order of the British Empire or any similar. BSc, MA, BA and other university degrees generally follow these. The Victoria Cross (the highest award for military action) always comes before all the above, closely followed by the George Cross (the highest award for bravery and non military action) the GC can be received by a civilian. These two awards like the MBE or OBE are always presented by the Queen or senior members of the Royal family. As an example the military recipient could be Captain John Smith VC MBE BSc or the non military recipient could be Mr John Smith GC OBE MA
@@williamtraynor-kean7214 The MBE can also be awarded for Military Service, in fact any of the award relating to The British Empire have a Civilian and Military Division. The Civilian awards almost always come with some mention of the civilian service provided, services to journalism, sport, charity etc. The Military ones almost never mention the 'why' of the award. My Father received a Military Division MBE while a Warrant Officer in the RAF. All I can tell you is that we have letters from Squadron Commanders, Group Captains (skipping a few ranks who also wrote testimonials, all the way up to a letter from an Air Chief Marshall. I don't know why, but they knew Dad's career and Somebody decided to propose him for it. It is then reviewed, many are thrown out, but some receive it....and they never are told quite why. An excellent system where an individual is judged all the way up the chain of command. The Military Division award is really not easy to get. As for the Victoria Cross, it is not an equivalent to a Medal of Honor, highly prized though they may be. A Victoria Cross is the absolute Pinnacle of Bravery awards. God Bless everyone who received one, I salute you all
The next in rank to the Victoria Cross is the Military Cross in military action. The George Cross as regarded as next in rank to the VC but is never awarded to a member of the military for gallantry in a named military campaign. The GC was awarded a few times for gallantry under fire in the "Troubles" mainly because Northern Ireland was not, initially at least, regarded as a theatre of war.
Glad you have got the Jeremy Clarkson presentation, you have to watch to the very end, for the surprising punch line. The letters after a name can be rank, qualifications or honours. MBE being, not unusual, Member of the British Empire, for good works, charity or achievement.
Publisher, you are not the main man in this video...please in future minimise your picture to allow us to see the documentary. Obscuring Jeremy really doesn't help.
@@auto98 I have done both. and recommended the original video to many people. The Original may well be one of the GREAT Documentaries of all time, it is certainly Very Good. My point was simply that the 'author' is not the important one,, the documentary itself is, and so the documentary should fill the screen more than the 'reactor'
We still do letters after names, they are to show you have qualifications or awards or medals like ENG for an engineering degree or OBE (Order of The British Empire) an award for professional achievements, business success, outstanding personal expertise, charitable or community commitments and you know about VCs etc.
If a lower ranked soldier is awarded the VC he is saluted by his superiors when normally the private salutes the sergeant, major, general etc they salute him
Captain Upham, who was awarded the VC twice, was walking with his girlfriend in Hyde Park London after the ceremony at the Palace, when he passed a couple of British Generals who angrily confronted him when he didn't snap to attention and salute them. When they saw the crimson ribbon on his tunic, they slunk off without another word.
The Victoria Cross it's inception came about during the British involvement in the Crimean War 1853 /1854 . The medal was to recognise courage above and beyond that expected of a British and commwealth service personnel.
My neighbour's great grandfather received the VC (NZ army) for his actions during WWII, when you see the actual medal it is tiny, I was honoured to be able to actually hold his medal shortly before it was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum to form part of a display honouring those who gave their lives for freedom.
Also the medal is quite famously cast from guns that were captured from the Russians at the end of the Battle of Sevastopol, and still are to this day. That's what gives them that distinctive black colouring.
Just a tedious technicality, the Victoria Cross is indeed our highest honour for gallantry but is only awarded for military deeds. We also have another medal, the George Cross which is awarded for civilian acts of outstanding courage
Not just civilian acts of gallantry, military can earn it for gallantry that took place not in contact with the enemy. This is why EOD operators get the GC and not the VC.
yet another battle which shows the world how British Lions were led by Donkeys. I think I remember being told the Brass were aware there were Tanks there before the start. And what right minded planner has all his tanks and support vehicles in line on a single lane road so that when the front tank is knocked out the road is blocked.
Clarkson did a documentary on Operation Chariot, the assault on St Nazaire which is well worth watching. Five VCs were won in this action, including one recommended by the Germans. It's been called the greatest commando raid of all time.
The Victoria Cross is earned on the extremely strictly enforced basis of 'certainty of death'. It is therefore quite different to the Congressional Medal.
It has been my privilege to hold a VC the Dalton VC from the Zulu War. It was part of the Medal Collection at Buller Barracks Aldershot, later transferred to the RLC at Deepcut, Barracks. They are less awarded now due to the fact they are running out of raw material, being the guns captured in the Crimean War. Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol. The equivalent medal served to civilians is the George Medal. Gallantry medals are very difficult to attain, because it has to be seen, verified and then written up. In Afghan as an example, many more should have been given, just because it was just a part of the job.
Since WWII only 15 Victoria Crosses have been awarded, as opposed to 402 Medals of Honour. Moreover, the percentage of Victoria Crosses awarded posthumously to the total number awarded is higher than that of the Medal of Honour. In addition, the Victoria Cross only started being awarded posthumously in 1902, which only makes that statistic more humbling. However, in total, there have been more posthumous Medals of Honour awarded than posthumous Victoria Crosses. The civilian version of the Victoria Cross is the George Cross. My dad was born in Malta, the island which received the George Cross, being then known as Malta G.C. after withstanding the siege in WW2, the depiction of which still remains on the current design of their flag. After their independence there were a lot of political arguments by nationalists who didn't wish to be reminded of the colonial times. It was stolen but recovered by the police. The authorities tried to obtain another cross but were told that gallantry awards are only issued once with the name of the recipient and date and are never replaced if lost. So the torn ribbon was replaced as was a new cloth background which was laid to cover the mess which is still today hidden under the cross although the thin strands of wire which pierced the case were removed. Only visibile is the tattered padding at the corner at left which could not be replaced because of the coat-of-arms. I don't know if it's the same with the Victoria Cross (being stolen etc), but I would imagine it would be the same. I remember reading about one of the SAS soldiers who took part in the Iranian Embassy siege ended up selling his medals because he was jobless and homeless. Very sad.
the British Paratroopers at at Arnhem carried as much as any Airborne unit would be able to carry. when he says travelled light, I think he mean is comparison to lorry borne or mechanized troops who can carry extra gear in their transport.
WW2 British Air Landing Brigades (Glider Borne) could be and were more heavily armed with Anti Tank, Artillery and Light Armour (Recce). The problem was the shortage of Heavy Lift Gliders (Airspeed Hamilcar) these were not sufficient for the British. The lighter vehicle carrying Horsa Gliders were also supplied to US Forces. There was not sufficient capacity for all Airborne Forces.
Operation Market-Garden was 'the biggest air assault ever' up to that point, was intended to cross several rivers, including the Maas within the Netherlands. Operation VARSITY (the actual crossing of the Rhine, of which one small part was the assault on the famous bridge at Remagen (movie title)) was quite a bit larger, and has never been surpassed.
You guys do have the letters after your names btw eg. Dr. Some Guy MD or PhD. You don't have the as many options available to you because you do not have knightly orders like we do though.
One of the regulars in a pub that I used to go to in England was one of the British Para's that managed to escape from Arnhem. Unfortunately, even though I understand, he would never talk about it.
"Letters" after your name usually signify awards you've won and/or qualifications you've earned. For example, if I earned a Doctorate from Oxford I would be entitled to suffix my name with the letters "PhD". Titles bestowed upon you by the Government/Royalty are also appended to your name. If you are awarded the "Commander of the British Empire" you would suffix your name with "CBE". Honours (not honors) are always first before qualifications and are ALWAYS relevant when you write your name. Over your lifetime you could collect quite a few "letters" and you would use them in relevant circles. No point in showing off your Master of Science degree at the local Boy Scout meeting.
I highly recommend you look into Dr Johnson Beharry VC and what he did to achieve his award. A Bahamian soldier in the British Army (we can recruit from Commonwealth countries as well as naturalised Brits) that showed true bravery
The Film (movie) about the Arnhem Bridge is called "A Bridge Too Far" Staring: Sean Connery Michael Caine Dirk Bogarde Anthony Hopkins Robert Redford James Caan Gene Hackman Edward Fox Laurence Olivier Ryan O'Neal Denholm Elliott Hardy Krüger Elliott Gould And many many more.
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Eight bridges across the Rhine? Nope. The several bridges over several rivers in Holland / The Netherlands / Nederlands did include one that crossed the Rhine, yes.
My great great great Uncle, earned a VC in the First World War, Commander Archibald Buckle, my grandma tried to do some research on him but didn’t find to much before she passed.
Rank comes before the name, after name comes distinguished awards or medals you've won, any degrees you have and for the military the unit you served with (eg RA= Royal Artillery, RN = Royal Navy etc)
I was in a car about 15 - 18 years ago from Ljubljanan in Slovenia, to Zagreb in Cratia; so it was about 10 - 12 years after the Bosnia war. I can still remember a moment, (we'd stopped for a few minutes by the side of the road) feeling totally unsettled. I couldn't place my finger on the problem, but I knew there was one. Anyway, we carried on, and with the window open, and seeing an old farm house with a hole blown in the side from a tank shell, I understood what was wrong; there wasn't any sound. No birds, no animals, nothing but the wind. I wouldn't say it was haunted, but it was a haunting feeling. There was a feeling of death. To be clear, I love Ljubljana, and Croatia, they are beautiful, and I have been back to both several times since. That moment, that feeling, I think will stay with me for a long time.
Letters after your name could be a lot of things: degrees often have letters (Ba or BSc for bachelors), titles of honour have letters (MBE, CBE, OBE etc), as do knighthoods and baronetcy titles (KG for knight of the garter, Bt for baronet, KCB or GCB for knight commander and knight grand cross of the order of the bath etc etc).
The movie your thinking about is “A Bridge Too Far”, an even more interesting one about Arnhem is “Theirs Was The Glory” made in 1946, the movie was shot in Arnhem and a lot of the extras in the movie were actual surviving members of the Airborne forces who had fought in the battle.
@@Diamondmine212 No, Richard Todd took part in the seizing of what is now known as Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings, and you are correct he did portray his own commanding officer in the movie The Longest Day, his regiment, The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, were part of the 6th Airborne Brigade but they didn’t take part in Operation Market Garden, his unit was however one of the British units that provided reinforcements to stop the Germans during the Ardennes offensive, the so called Battle of the Bulge.
@@mrjockt he didn’t play his own commanding officer but played Major John Howard of the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who led the assault on Pegasus Bridge. He played the officer who led the troops he was to relieve. There’s one scene where there’s a Parachute Regiment officer standing next to Todd. This officer is playing Richard Todd.
letters after your name in UK are ranks of aristocratic or academic status, or both. Some time as with medals for success in battle. though usually medal winners do not use their letters after their name except officially such as a parade. Not due to social obligation but due to personal modesty.
The letters after your name represent your degree etc, so BA is Bachelor orlf Arts, BSc Bachelor of science, PhD etc etc. Also membership of professional organizations such as Royal Academies and the like.
The letters after your name usually represent some qualifications or institutions you are a part of. For example my late uncle, his last business card read. JOHN JOSEPH BECK, F. Inst. M. Eng. F. Inst. E. Eng. F. Inst. P. Eng. M. Inst. S. M. M. And possibly more. Which meant, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum Engineers, Member of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Managment. During WW2, he was also part of the S.O.E., Special Operations Execrative. Which only after his death did his family learnt of this.
Yeah so in the uk, when anyone gets a Knighthood, certain medals, ranks, roles or appointments may follow there name. For example John Smith V.C (Victoria Cross) or Sir John Smith OBE
@Halestone In commonwealth countries if you have been awarded certain honours and/ or have been inducted into certain prestigious orders you are entitled to put that honours post nominal letters after your name/ For Example: VC = Victoria Cross DSO = Distinguished Service Order DSC = Distinguished Service Cross OBE, CBE, DBE, & GBE = Order of the British Empire MM = Military Medal MMM, OMM, CMM = Order of Military Merit CC, OC, CM = Order Of Canada etc etc... In Canada members of the Armed forces with 12 years service with "good conduct" are awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration and are entitled to use the post nominal letters of CD (and a bar to add to it for every additional 12 years)
Post nominals, or letters after your name, only come with certain medals. Victoria Cross (VC), George Cross (GC), Queens Conspicuous Galantry Medal (QCG), Military Cross (MC), Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). May have got one of them wrong there....
A bridge too far is film when over the SS general commanding his troops there wrote of his adm ir ration of the air.bourne troops there his SS were just back from the eastern front and he said these troops were harder to fight as even when seperated from officers they showed enterprise initiative good tactics and.absolute ferocityand he reckoned were ideal for this task ,like I said he rated them highly.
This is such a good story but as good as it is, it is spoiled by the amount of screen space occupied by your overlay. If you'd either made it smaller or cropped it differently there wouldn't be a problem. Letters after someone's name, in the UK are generally an indication of that person's academic record(?). For example, the letters BSc indicate that the bearer has a 'Bachelor of Science' degree. The letters MRCVS, show that the bearer is a 'Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons'. Some combinations of letters indicate medals won or campaigns fought in.
Hello mate, the letters are for the gallantry medals awarded to them, ie, Captain Albert Ball VC DSO and two Bars, MC, it means he has been awarded the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order and two bars (three times he has been awarded it) and the Military Cross. I always thought that the Americans did something similar like the Medal of Honor as MoH, Lee.
The Letters after your name denote awards, academic, civil, and military. For example if John Smith has gone to university earnt a law degree became a King's Counsel (an honour for barristers who are good and have long service, like a badge of quality, and has been made an member of the British Empire and knighted would be titled, Sir John Smith MBE KC LLB. *Order of Precedence may be incorrect. This means 'Sir: Knight' 'MBE: Member of the British Empire' 'KC: King's Counsel' 'LLB: Bachelor of Laws'. The Highest precedent is a Victoria Cross, with George Cross second, after that it becomes more complicated but there is an order of precedence which determines the order of these post-nominals.
The operation did not go disastrously wrong at the Arnhem Bridge. It all unravelled very quickly, disastrously and finally at Nijmegen Bridge which was about 8 miles from Arnnhem. There were errors and mistakes made from the outset on this operation but each one was overcome. The failings of Gavin at Nijmegen ensured there was no further chance of taking the final bridge and avoiding the decimation of the British and Polish paratroopers and the Dorsetshire Regiment and a Highland unit as they tried to extricate the airborne troops from the disaster.
Postnominal letters are awarded by the crown for various qualifications. Degrees from Royal universities. Orders of knighthood and junior levels like companion, officer, member, or medal. Local dignitaries like the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of a county. Memberships and fellowships of organisations with a royal charter, such as Member of the British Computer Society, Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Chartered Engineer. Memberships of religious orders such as Order of St Francis (Franciscan friars).
There have been a number of movies about Queen Victoria and my choice would be "Mrs Brown" with a surprising performance from the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly and including Judi Dench.
Bit short though, stopped less than 20 minutes in, if he's gonna react to the whole thing it'll have to be in three or four parts, and since this one apparently got copyright-claimed and demonitised I'm not holding my breath
The extra letters after a name are not always from military service, you might see (OBE) or (MBE)/(CBE) for example, which are honours given by the queen for usually major contributions nationally or internationally through their works / achievements According to Wikipedia: (In order of most prestigious to least) Knight/Dame Grand Cross - (GBE) Knight/Dame Commander - (KBE/DBE) Commander -(CBE) Officer - (OBE) Member - (MBE) It might sound a bit funny, but from what I know it goes back a loooong time
Peter de la Billière, bravo. Now there's a guy with lots of letters after his name. Joined the army as a private, retired as a general over a 40 year career. Served everywhere Britain has seen combat since Korea. Malaysia, Aden, Borneo, Oman, Falklands and the Gulf. Was Director of SAS during the Iranian embassy siege, and was the one who convinced General Schwarzkopf the use special forces in finding the mobile Scud missile launchers being fired at Israel during the Gulf War.
Sadly, Schwartzkopf was a tank man, and he knew little about what the special forces could achieve. Things swung the other way during Afghanistan, and hopefully operations are more 'joined-up' now.
@@stevetheduck1425 oh I thought he was reluctant to use special forces in Iraq because of his experience in Vietnam. His 'perceived' view that they weren't very successful. I'm probably wrong, and it was a long time ago that I read about this relationship between the two men.
18:20 I'm pretty sure there have been battles in your corner of the world, too, so there would be battle fields to visit today. The difference is in Europe we haven't cancelled history. We keep the memory of events that took place thousands of years ago. Heard of the Siege of Carthage, 149 BC or the Battle of Kadesh, 1258 BC? What events took place in Nevada or who on earth lived there three thousand years ago to begin with?
Letters after names, or before, in UK: Some are Ecclesiastical titles or honours, others are gentry (Lords, earls and such), others are military (awards), most are degrees of education or achievement. Some letters, the more common, are: BA = Bachelor of Arts, MA = Master of Arts, PhD = Doctorate. You could have MRCO, Member of the Royal College of Organists, or some other variation of that. There are so many. My father has earned 4 Doctorates, three Masters, is an ordained Reverend, and has more letters before and after his name than letters IN his name.
You need to watch the follow up to this program ... Same presenter it was about "The Greatest Raid of All" on St Nazaire. You will be dropping man tears .. I guarantee.
The US medal of honour is not in the same league as the VC. The VC is the hardest medal in the world very often you would have to save lives and die in the process. It is the highest decoration by far in the world. No disrespect to our American friends some of them would of deserved a VC. But the VC is beyond bravery and is the rarest military award for bravery in the world.
The Victoria Cross is NOT the counter balance of the medal of honour in ANY way! The V . C. is THE medal. The vid you are watching to comment on does not do the V C justice as it is just a British Ego beat up but the V C has been won by many nations, even in Vietnam!
The Medal of Honour's idea was copied a lot later from the Victoria Cross in an attempt to create something as good. Emulation is the greatest form of flattery. No matter what they are both awarded for amazing acts of Valour.
Just a small point you need to make your thumbnail in the corner just a little bit smaller as alotvof it cuts oart of the video off.Apart from that a great video
there is a great video called the greatest raid narated alsoJeremey Clarkson by in which victoria crosses were also won some posthumously, one such person was called bill savage, who was born. very close to were I once lived. He was born in the middle of England but joined the navy and was on one of the ships involved in the raid
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Hey All, Part 2 is out!
Here's the link!
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I've only just found your channel and subscribed. I actually I came across part 2 first.
I must have seen this documentary a dozen times, it still brings a tear to my eye. I'm eagerly waiting for part 3 and seeing your reaction to the twist in the tail.
Thank you for the respect you have shown during your reaction.
Happy New Year.
@@orwellboy1958 thanks, much appreciated! Happy new year!
The movie is "A Bridge Too Far".
Good luck with Airborne School. Had a push on my first jump but just loved it after that.
I don't know if you saw this about the young paratrooper that got his VC from the Queen in 2015 who survived
That's 2 VC recipients in different generations of the same family
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There is a regiment in the British army that has won the VC 13 times. This regiment is made up of men from a country that has never been a part of the empire nor the common wealth. This little country was invited to send men to join the British army after the two countries skirmished a couple of hundred years ago. These kind, open and supremely humble little men are feared worldwide and have gained reputation as the most tenacious, ferocious and eye wateringly courageous fighters.
Someone once said "if a man says he is not afraid going into battle, then he is either a liar or he is a Gurkha"
I go and talk to the Ghurka's when in London and I go to the barracks to wave the troops going back to barracks after taking park in the Trooping of the Colour events
Had the pleasure of serving [as a civvy] in the bar and cleaning their barracks when they were in Wiltshire. There was virtually no cleaning involved as they kept their digs immaculately - and I only saw them in the bar when their presence was requested by higher ranks or their fellow soldiers. I hope the British continue to honour and support these warriors and their families for a long time to come. Lest we forget.
It was a piss take how long it took 4 gurkas 2 b alowd 2 settle in Britain, it was a actor called joanna lumley who successfully campaigned on their behalf
@@kevinward9562 Her father had been an officer in the Gurkhas so she knew how much the troopers deserved support and recognition
My uncle was at Arnhem, as a 19 yo para. He was captured there, out of ammo, and only a bayonet, to defend himself! After he was released the Germans returned his bayonet, as they admired his courage and determination. During the Toxteth & Croxteth riots he defended his property, against looters, using that same bayonet, attached to a broom handle!
Mine too. He was a Royal Engineer and came in by glider. He got out by swimming naked across the river!
Thay don't like it up em!
@@elwolf8536 Give 'em the old cold steel! Right up!
He sounds like a legend
Fair play to tem heroes 👏
Remember Johnson Beharry VC an Afro Carribean soldier who saved his commanding officer in Afghanistan, despite being horribly injured himself. Several years ago he was on a TV show called "Dancing on Ice" he'd never seen snow or ice, let alone tried ice skating, he had clearly suffered a major head injury, but with the help of Jayne Torville and Chris Dean kept right on trying, and the public really took him to their hearts
Small correction. Johnson Beharry won his VC in Iraq, not Afganistan. Sorry, VC history is a hobby of mine. 😉
heard about him being on the show also heard he said in a interview that being on the show helped with his physical recovery
The film you are thinking of is , " A Bridge too far " . Based on a true story and with a great cast .
My second cousin was a recipient.
“From June 1945 the 8th Battalion operated in northern Bougainville, containing Japanese forces on the Bonis Peninsula. On 24 July Partridge was a member of a patrol ordered to destroy an enemy post, known as Base 5, near Ratsua. The Australians came under heavy machine-gun fire. Despite wounds to his arm and thigh, Partridge rushed the nearest bunker, killing its occupants with grenade and knife, then began to attack a second bunker until loss of blood forced him to stop. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. Of the Australians who won the V.C. in World War II, he was the youngest and the last, and the only militiaman.”
Frank Partridge, youngest Australian recipient?
@@ohsosmooth01 That’s him!
@@Floury_Baker - I love your obvious pride in him, I'm sure in many ways that would mean more to him than the award itself.
@@otterspocket2826 Yeah, I am. I’m proud of all those who served in my family and ancestry. I’m sure others feel the same.
The VC medals are made from the cascabel of captured guns.
I go to the annual Arnhem commemorations every year.. I was British Army Air Corps. The Gliders flown by the the Glider pilot Regiment, are the predecessor the AAC, when you see where they landed, the routes they took .. the width of the river Rhine they had to swim to escape, you can see why they are a revered Regiment, and I’m proud to keep their memory alive
Used to spend some time quality time (Clears throat) at Middle Wallop. I remember driving in my MG Midget at the old junction Stone Henge. I broke down and had to sleep on the stone which is flat. Perhaps the Sacrifice Stone. I never was impressed by a sky blue beret again.
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Your best video yet, can't wait for part 2!!!
Interesting fact: in the case of a gallant and daring act being performed by a squadron, ship's company or a detached body of men (such as marines) in which all men are deemed equally brave and deserving of the Victoria Cross then a ballot is drawn. The officers select one officer, the NCOs select one individual and the private soldiers or seamen select two individuals. The provision for the Victoria Cross being awarded by ballot still stands to this day, although there haven’t been such further awards since 1918.
In my village in County Durham, we have a memorial stone to a local man who won the VC . in the neighbouring village only a mile away, the grave of another recipient of the VC both won in the first world war Both men worked in coal mines.
My neighbour's great grandfather, Reginald Judson (one of NZs most decorated soldiers), earned himself the VC in 1918 and I actually got to hold it before it went on display in the Waiuru museum with the others. An incredible experience.
After surviving WWI R Judson went to to continue to serve in the army, lied and re-enlisted to serve in WWII and retired a Major. He died just before I met his family when they moved in next door but I would really have liked to have met him.
He's buried in Waikumete cemetery, along with Crichton and Grant
Hi Halestone , you may have heard of guy called Jeremy Clarkson . This is him
Well worth watching, please carry on to the end, it gets even better. The narrator is a motoring journalist who used to present a programme called Top Gear, which was the most successful BBC export ever. It was watched in dozens of countries, and copied in Germany, Australia and the US. But he really outshone himself presenting this. He did a follow up to this called "The Greatest Raid of All".
More successful than Dr Who?
I'd doubt that very much. The most successful documentary export perhaps. But then again young Davy Attenborough might have something to say about that....
@@EarlJohn61 I don't know what paradigm they used, presumably the number of countries a programme is sold to, and those words were straight from the BBC.
In the uk we have a national honors system where anyone can be selected to receive the MBE or OBE (Member/Order of the British Empire or any similar. BSc, MA, BA and other university degrees generally follow these. The Victoria Cross (the highest award for military action) always comes before all the above, closely followed by the George Cross (the highest award for bravery and non military action) the GC can be received by a civilian. These two awards like the MBE or OBE are always presented by the Queen or senior members of the Royal family.
As an example the military recipient could be Captain John Smith VC MBE BSc or the non military recipient could be Mr John Smith GC OBE MA
The OBE can be awarded for military service, the ribbon of the military division differs from the civilian award.
@@williamtraynor-kean7214 The MBE can also be awarded for Military Service, in fact any of the award relating to The British Empire have a Civilian and Military Division.
The Civilian awards almost always come with some mention of the civilian service provided, services to journalism, sport, charity etc. The Military ones almost never mention the 'why' of the award. My Father received a Military Division MBE while a Warrant Officer in the RAF. All I can tell you is that we have letters from Squadron Commanders, Group Captains (skipping a few ranks who also wrote testimonials, all the way up to a letter from an Air Chief Marshall. I don't know why, but they knew Dad's career and Somebody decided to propose him for it. It is then reviewed, many are thrown out, but some receive it....and they never are told quite why. An excellent system where an individual is judged all the way up the chain of command. The Military Division award is really not easy to get. As for the Victoria Cross, it is not an equivalent to a Medal of Honor, highly prized though they may be. A Victoria Cross is the absolute Pinnacle of Bravery awards. God Bless everyone who received one, I salute you all
Member/Officer/Commander
There's the CBE too.
The next in rank to the Victoria Cross is the Military Cross in military action. The George Cross as regarded as next in rank to the VC but is never awarded to a member of the military for gallantry in a named military campaign. The GC was awarded a few times for gallantry under fire in the "Troubles" mainly because Northern Ireland was not, initially at least, regarded as a theatre of war.
Glad you have got the Jeremy Clarkson presentation, you have to watch to the very end, for the surprising punch line. The letters after a name can be rank, qualifications or honours. MBE being, not unusual, Member of the British Empire, for good works, charity or achievement.
Indeed, the first I saw this documentary his remarks at the end, really stunned me, specially the matter-of-fact way Clarkson delivered them.
My jaw dropped when Jeremy disclosed the final fact. And he’d never mentioned it. What a hero.
Publisher, you are not the main man in this video...please in future minimise your picture to allow us to see the documentary. Obscuring Jeremy really doesn't help.
@@Rabmac1UK If you want to see the video, watch teh video rather than a reaction?
@@auto98 I have done both. and recommended the original video to many people. The Original may well be one of the GREAT Documentaries of all time, it is certainly Very Good. My point was simply that the 'author' is not the important one,, the documentary itself is, and so the documentary should fill the screen more than the 'reactor'
Capt C H Upham VC &Bar was awarded both VC's in WW2, one of 3 men to have received the VC twice and only combat soldier
We still do letters after names, they are to show you have qualifications or awards or medals like ENG for an engineering degree or OBE (Order of The British Empire) an award for professional achievements, business success, outstanding personal expertise, charitable or community commitments and you know about VCs etc.
If a lower ranked soldier is awarded the VC he is saluted by his superiors when normally the private salutes the sergeant, major, general etc they salute him
Captain Upham, who was awarded the VC twice, was walking with his girlfriend in Hyde Park London after the ceremony at the Palace, when he passed a couple of British Generals who angrily confronted him when he didn't snap to attention and salute them. When they saw the crimson ribbon on his tunic, they slunk off without another word.
This is more of a custom and not a requirement. All the more impressive for that reason in my opinion.
The Victoria Cross it's inception came about during the British involvement in the Crimean War 1853 /1854 .
The medal was to recognise courage above and beyond that expected of a British and commwealth service personnel.
- and most importantly, the winner did not have to be an officer. They could be of any rank.
@@stevetheduck1425 that's why it was devised.To recognise the courage of the rank and file
And it’s forged from the metal of two captured Russian cannons from the Crimean War!
My neighbour's great grandfather received the VC (NZ army) for his actions during WWII, when you see the actual medal it is tiny, I was honoured to be able to actually hold his medal shortly before it was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum to form part of a display honouring those who gave their lives for freedom.
Also the medal is quite famously cast from guns that were captured from the Russians at the end of the Battle of Sevastopol, and still are to this day. That's what gives them that distinctive black colouring.
You missed the best part the VC was awarded to Jeremy Clarksons father in law and only in death did his daughter learn her father had a VC.
Happy to see a future officer watching this.Thanks.
A Bridge Too Far was filmed in1977 directed by Lord Richard Attenborough British parachute regiment did the jumping in the film.
Just a tedious technicality, the Victoria Cross is indeed our highest honour for gallantry but is only awarded for military deeds. We also have another medal, the George Cross which is awarded for civilian acts of outstanding courage
Not just civilian acts of gallantry, military can earn it for gallantry that took place not in contact with the enemy. This is why EOD operators get the GC and not the VC.
yet another battle which shows the world how British Lions were led by Donkeys. I think I remember being told the Brass were aware there were Tanks there before the start. And what right minded planner has all his tanks and support vehicles in line on a single lane road so that when the front tank is knocked out the road is blocked.
Clarkson did a documentary on Operation Chariot, the assault on St Nazaire which is well worth watching. Five VCs were won in this action, including one recommended by the Germans. It's been called the greatest commando raid of all time.
The Victoria Cross is earned on the extremely strictly enforced basis of 'certainty of death'. It is therefore quite different to the Congressional Medal.
It has been my privilege to hold a VC the Dalton VC from the Zulu War. It was part of the Medal Collection at Buller Barracks Aldershot, later transferred to the RLC at Deepcut, Barracks. They are less awarded now due to the fact they are running out of raw material, being the guns captured in the Crimean War. Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol. The equivalent medal served to civilians is the George Medal. Gallantry medals are very difficult to attain, because it has to be seen, verified and then written up. In Afghan as an example, many more should have been given, just because it was just a part of the job.
Since WWII only 15 Victoria Crosses have been awarded, as opposed to 402 Medals of Honour. Moreover, the percentage of Victoria Crosses awarded posthumously to the total number awarded is higher than that of the Medal of Honour. In addition, the Victoria Cross only started being awarded posthumously in 1902, which only makes that statistic more humbling. However, in total, there have been more posthumous Medals of Honour awarded than posthumous Victoria Crosses. The civilian version of the Victoria Cross is the George Cross. My dad was born in Malta, the island which received the George Cross, being then known as Malta G.C. after withstanding the siege in WW2, the depiction of which still remains on the current design of their flag. After their independence there were a lot of political arguments by nationalists who didn't wish to be reminded of the colonial times. It was stolen but recovered by the police. The authorities tried to obtain another cross but were told that gallantry awards are only issued once with the name of the recipient and date and are never replaced if lost. So the torn ribbon was replaced as was a new cloth background which was laid to cover the mess which is still today hidden under the cross although the thin strands of wire which pierced the case were removed. Only visibile is the tattered padding at the corner at left which could not be replaced because of the coat-of-arms. I don't know if it's the same with the Victoria Cross (being stolen etc), but I would imagine it would be the same. I remember reading about one of the SAS soldiers who took part in the Iranian Embassy siege ended up selling his medals because he was jobless and homeless. Very sad.
I was in the British Parachute Regt and by far did not earn a VC lol It is an award beyond belief!
the British Paratroopers at at Arnhem carried as much as any Airborne unit would be able to carry. when he says travelled light, I think he mean is comparison to lorry borne or mechanized troops who can carry extra gear in their transport.
No armor, no heavy artillery, minimal logistics,...
Of course that is what was meant. Paras do jump with full kit, the heavier stuff is dropped seperately
WW2 British Air Landing Brigades (Glider Borne) could be and were more heavily armed with Anti Tank, Artillery and Light Armour (Recce). The problem was the shortage of Heavy Lift Gliders (Airspeed Hamilcar) these were not sufficient for the British. The lighter vehicle carrying Horsa Gliders were also supplied to US Forces. There was not sufficient capacity for all Airborne Forces.
The film I’m thinking of is a bridge too far
And you would be right. 👍👍
Operation Market-Garden was 'the biggest air assault ever' up to that point, was intended to cross several rivers, including the Maas within the Netherlands.
Operation VARSITY (the actual crossing of the Rhine, of which one small part was the assault on the famous bridge at Remagen (movie title)) was quite a bit larger, and has never been surpassed.
You guys do have the letters after your names btw eg. Dr. Some Guy MD or PhD. You don't have the as many options available to you because you do not have knightly orders like we do though.
One of the regulars in a pub that I used to go to in England was one of the British Para's that managed to escape from Arnhem. Unfortunately, even though I understand, he would never talk about it.
"Letters" after your name usually signify awards you've won and/or qualifications you've earned. For example, if I earned a Doctorate from Oxford I would be entitled to suffix my name with the letters "PhD". Titles bestowed upon you by the Government/Royalty are also appended to your name. If you are awarded the "Commander of the British Empire" you would suffix your name with "CBE". Honours (not honors) are always first before qualifications and are ALWAYS relevant when you write your name. Over your lifetime you could collect quite a few "letters" and you would use them in relevant circles. No point in showing off your Master of Science degree at the local Boy Scout meeting.
This documentary starts slowly but gets better and better as it goes ,stick with it.
Re. Letters after yr name- I believe he's referring to 'PhD, Dr. Etc' and the fact V.C. always comes before these letters.
I highly recommend you look into Dr Johnson Beharry VC and what he did to achieve his award. A Bahamian soldier in the British Army (we can recruit from Commonwealth countries as well as naturalised Brits) that showed true bravery
Another brilliant victoria cross documentary is victoria cross heroes, shown in 3 parts. It details many more amazing VC stories.
The Film (movie) about the Arnhem Bridge is called "A Bridge Too Far"
Staring:
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
Dirk Bogarde
Anthony Hopkins
Robert Redford
James Caan
Gene Hackman
Edward Fox
Laurence Olivier
Ryan O'Neal
Denholm Elliott
Hardy Krüger
Elliott Gould
And many many more.
I have heard and read many times that when Eisenhower heard of the proposal for Market Garden he said "I not only approved it, I insisted on it".
I’m finding these videos fascinating watching on my lunch and I’m from the 🇬🇧 love it how we all want to hear about history from everywhere in the world 🌍
The Victoria Cross is still the World's Highest Award for Valour. Awarded to British and Commonwealth Troops.
Eight bridges across the Rhine? Nope. The several bridges over several rivers in Holland / The Netherlands / Nederlands did include one that crossed the Rhine, yes.
I would love to see part 2 😎
There's a rather large twist at the end. Magnificent stuff.
There has been four winners since this documentary was made, Joshua Behearry ,2004, Brian Budd 2006, Joshua Leakey 2015, James Ashworth 2012.
When you are awarded the VC, your name is followed by VC, and some other medals also become part of your name like the letters MD for a doctor.
The movie you are referring to is 'A bridge too far.' My favourite war movie
Jeremy Clarkson does such justice to these type of videos. The film about this bridge is called "A Bridge Too Far".
I Agree. See also his excellent documentary 'the greatest raid of all'. I hope all enjoy that one too
My great great great Uncle, earned a VC in the First World War, Commander Archibald Buckle, my grandma tried to do some research on him but didn’t find to much before she passed.
Oh, another perfect excuse to watch this documentary again? Don't mind if I do ☺- I hope you enjoyed it
Here here
Rank comes before the name, after name comes distinguished awards or medals you've won, any degrees you have and for the military the unit you served with (eg RA= Royal Artillery, RN = Royal Navy etc)
I was in a car about 15 - 18 years ago from Ljubljanan in Slovenia, to Zagreb in Cratia; so it was about 10 - 12 years after the Bosnia war.
I can still remember a moment, (we'd stopped for a few minutes by the side of the road) feeling totally unsettled. I couldn't place my finger on the problem, but I knew there was one.
Anyway, we carried on, and with the window open, and seeing an old farm house with a hole blown in the side from a tank shell, I understood what was wrong; there wasn't any sound. No birds, no animals, nothing but the wind. I wouldn't say it was haunted, but it was a haunting feeling. There was a feeling of death.
To be clear, I love Ljubljana, and Croatia, they are beautiful, and I have been back to both several times since. That moment, that feeling, I think will stay with me for a long time.
That's really evocative, thanks.
England and America have always been close allies thank you for your service to all 🇺🇸🇬🇧
except in 1776-1782 & 1812-1815
Letters after your name could be a lot of things: degrees often have letters (Ba or BSc for bachelors), titles of honour have letters (MBE, CBE, OBE etc), as do knighthoods and baronetcy titles (KG for knight of the garter, Bt for baronet, KCB or GCB for knight commander and knight grand cross of the order of the bath etc etc).
The letters are awards like, OBE order of the British empire, DSO distinguished service order. There are many more.
The movie your thinking about is “A Bridge Too Far”, an even more interesting one about Arnhem is “Theirs Was The Glory” made in 1946, the movie was shot in Arnhem and a lot of the extras in the movie were actual surviving members of the Airborne forces who had fought in the battle.
The actor Richard Todd was himself a solider at Arnhem and in the film played the part of his own commanding officer.
@@Diamondmine212 No, Richard Todd took part in the seizing of what is now known as Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings, and you are correct he did portray his own commanding officer in the movie The Longest Day, his regiment, The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, were part of the 6th Airborne Brigade but they didn’t take part in Operation Market Garden, his unit was however one of the British units that provided reinforcements to stop the Germans during the Ardennes offensive, the so called Battle of the Bulge.
@@mrjockt he didn’t play his own commanding officer but played Major John Howard of the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who led the assault on Pegasus Bridge. He played the officer who led the troops he was to relieve. There’s one scene where there’s a Parachute Regiment officer standing next to Todd. This officer is playing Richard Todd.
The movie is "A Bridge Too Far". Brilliant film!!
The movie is called "The Bridge Too Far" known in the operation as Pegasus Bridge - The British airborne selection process is known as P Company.
The film you may have seen regarding this incident was "A Bridge Too Far"
I think it was 11 Victoria Crosses were won at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in Africa - the Film 'Zulu' is the story of their Battle with the Zulus.
The movie was called 'A bridge too far'.
letters after your name in UK are ranks of aristocratic or academic status, or both. Some time as with medals for success in battle. though usually medal winners do not use their letters after their name except officially such as a parade. Not due to social obligation but due to personal modesty.
The letters after your name represent your degree etc, so BA is Bachelor orlf Arts, BSc Bachelor of science, PhD etc etc. Also membership of professional organizations such as Royal Academies and the like.
The letters after your name usually represent some qualifications or institutions you are a part of. For example my late uncle, his last business card read. JOHN JOSEPH BECK, F. Inst. M. Eng. F. Inst. E. Eng. F. Inst. P. Eng. M. Inst. S. M. M. And possibly more. Which meant, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum Engineers, Member of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Managment. During WW2, he was also part of the S.O.E., Special Operations Execrative. Which only after his death did his family learnt of this.
Yeah so in the uk, when anyone gets a Knighthood, certain medals, ranks, roles or appointments may follow there name. For example John Smith V.C (Victoria Cross) or Sir John Smith OBE
@Halestone In commonwealth countries if you have been awarded certain honours and/ or have been inducted into certain prestigious orders you are entitled to put that honours post nominal letters after your name/
For Example:
VC = Victoria Cross
DSO = Distinguished Service Order
DSC = Distinguished Service Cross
OBE, CBE, DBE, & GBE = Order of the British Empire
MM = Military Medal
MMM, OMM, CMM = Order of Military Merit
CC, OC, CM = Order Of Canada
etc etc...
In Canada members of the Armed forces with 12 years service with "good conduct" are awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration and are entitled to use the post nominal letters of CD (and a bar to add to it for every additional 12 years)
Post nominals, or letters after your name, only come with certain medals. Victoria Cross (VC), George Cross (GC), Queens Conspicuous Galantry Medal (QCG), Military Cross (MC), Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). May have got one of them wrong there....
A bridge too far is film when over the SS general commanding his troops there wrote of his adm ir ration of the air.bourne troops there his SS were just back from the eastern front and he said these troops were harder to fight as even when seperated from officers they showed enterprise initiative good tactics and.absolute ferocityand he reckoned were ideal for this task ,like I said he rated them highly.
This is such a good story but as good as it is, it is spoiled by the amount of screen space occupied by your overlay. If you'd either made it smaller or cropped it differently there wouldn't be a problem.
Letters after someone's name, in the UK are generally an indication of that person's academic record(?). For example, the letters BSc indicate that the bearer has a 'Bachelor of Science' degree. The letters MRCVS, show that the bearer is a 'Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons'. Some combinations of letters indicate medals won or campaigns fought in.
Hello mate, the letters are for the gallantry medals awarded to them, ie, Captain Albert Ball VC DSO and two Bars, MC, it means he has been awarded the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order and two bars (three times he has been awarded it) and the Military Cross. I always thought that the Americans did something similar like the Medal of Honor as MoH, Lee.
The Letters after your name denote awards, academic, civil, and military. For example if John Smith has gone to university earnt a law degree became a King's Counsel (an honour for barristers who are good and have long service, like a badge of quality, and has been made an member of the British Empire and knighted would be titled, Sir John Smith MBE KC LLB. *Order of Precedence may be incorrect. This means 'Sir: Knight' 'MBE: Member of the British Empire' 'KC: King's Counsel' 'LLB: Bachelor of Laws'. The Highest precedent is a Victoria Cross, with George Cross second, after that it becomes more complicated but there is an order of precedence which determines the order of these post-nominals.
The operation did not go disastrously wrong at the Arnhem Bridge. It all unravelled very quickly, disastrously and finally at Nijmegen Bridge which was about 8 miles from Arnnhem. There were errors and mistakes made from the outset on this operation but each one was overcome. The failings of Gavin at Nijmegen ensured there was no further chance of taking the final bridge and avoiding the decimation of the British and Polish paratroopers and the Dorsetshire Regiment and a Highland unit as they tried to extricate the airborne troops from the disaster.
some one else will probably have or will say it, a bridge to far was the movie you watched
Postnominal letters are awarded by the crown for various qualifications. Degrees from Royal universities. Orders of knighthood and junior levels like companion, officer, member, or medal. Local dignitaries like the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of a county. Memberships and fellowships of organisations with a royal charter, such as Member of the British Computer Society, Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Chartered Engineer. Memberships of religious orders such as Order of St Francis (Franciscan friars).
There have been a number of movies about Queen Victoria and my choice would be "Mrs Brown" with a surprising performance from the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly and including Judi Dench.
Good, considered analysis. I hope you get more likes!
Bit short though, stopped less than 20 minutes in, if he's gonna react to the whole thing it'll have to be in three or four parts, and since this one apparently got copyright-claimed and demonitised I'm not holding my breath
Jeremy, you do not win the VC, you are awarded it, you should know this
It's a British and Commonwealth medal. The only fighting soldier to have won two of them, was a New Zealander. The other two were doctors.
A single RAF officer also won more than one VC.
@@stevetheduck1425 That's interesting - none of the sources I have got mention it. Mind you - could easily be out of date. Have you got a link?
The extra letters after a name are not always from military service, you might see (OBE) or (MBE)/(CBE) for example, which are honours given by the queen for usually major contributions nationally or internationally through their works / achievements
According to Wikipedia: (In order of most prestigious to least)
Knight/Dame Grand Cross - (GBE)
Knight/Dame Commander - (KBE/DBE)
Commander -(CBE)
Officer - (OBE)
Member - (MBE)
It might sound a bit funny, but from what I know it goes back a loooong time
Peter de la Billière, bravo. Now there's a guy with lots of letters after his name. Joined the army as a private, retired as a general over a 40 year career. Served everywhere Britain has seen combat since Korea. Malaysia, Aden, Borneo, Oman, Falklands and the Gulf. Was Director of SAS during the Iranian embassy siege, and was the one who convinced General Schwarzkopf the use special forces in finding the mobile Scud missile launchers being fired at Israel during the Gulf War.
Sadly, Schwartzkopf was a tank man, and he knew little about what the special forces could achieve.
Things swung the other way during Afghanistan, and hopefully operations are more 'joined-up' now.
@@stevetheduck1425 oh I thought he was reluctant to use special forces in Iraq because of his experience in Vietnam. His 'perceived' view that they weren't very successful. I'm probably wrong, and it was a long time ago that I read about this relationship between the two men.
18:20 I'm pretty sure there have been battles in your corner of the world, too, so there would be battle fields to visit today. The difference is in Europe we haven't cancelled history. We keep the memory of events that took place thousands of years ago. Heard of the Siege of Carthage, 149 BC or the Battle of Kadesh, 1258 BC? What events took place in Nevada or who on earth lived there three thousand years ago to begin with?
A VC in monetary value if sold would command a figure of around $300,000
Letters after names, or before, in UK: Some are Ecclesiastical titles or honours, others are gentry (Lords, earls and such), others are military (awards), most are degrees of education or achievement. Some letters, the more common, are: BA = Bachelor of Arts, MA = Master of Arts, PhD = Doctorate. You could have MRCO, Member of the Royal College of Organists, or some other variation of that. There are so many.
My father has earned 4 Doctorates, three Masters, is an ordained Reverend, and has more letters before and after his name than letters IN his name.
You need to watch the follow up to this program ... Same presenter it was about "The Greatest Raid of All"
on St Nazaire.
You will be dropping man tears .. I guarantee.
Dad was in the 2nd south staffs got in by glider thankfully got out by foot. Come on the staffs
The US medal of honour is not in the same league as the VC. The VC is the hardest medal in the world very often you would have to save lives and die in the process. It is the highest decoration by far in the world. No disrespect to our American friends some of them would of deserved a VC. But the VC is beyond bravery and is the rarest military award for bravery in the world.
Excellent display at the Imperial War Museum in London (Lord Ashcroft collection)
Wonderful people. I cried....
Those letters after their names are the regiments they were in .
Inf means infantry
Art = artillery
RE = Royal engineers
Etc
The Victoria Cross is NOT the counter balance of the medal of honour in ANY way! The V . C. is THE medal. The vid you are watching to comment on does not do the V C justice as it is just a British Ego beat up but the V C has been won by many nations, even in Vietnam!
The scorch marks from burnt gliders is still visable in some of the fields.
The Medal of Honour's idea was copied a lot later from the Victoria Cross in an attempt to create something as good. Emulation is the greatest form of flattery. No matter what they are both awarded for amazing acts of Valour.
Jeremy Clarkson the greatest raid 👌
the film was called a bridge to far
Just a small point you need to make your thumbnail in the corner just a little bit smaller as alotvof it cuts oart of the video off.Apart from that a great video
A Bridge too far directed by Sir Richard Attenborough.
VC winner lived in our neighbourhood, he won for a midget submarine raid
there is a great video called the greatest raid narated alsoJeremey Clarkson by in which victoria crosses were also won some posthumously, one such person was called bill savage, who was born. very close to were I once lived. He was born in the middle of England but joined the navy and was on one of the ships involved in the raid
My uncle 'Arthur Hutt VC' was the first to be awarded the VC in Coventry Uk. It's an interesting story if you Google it.
the most who won the VC are just normal people in extraordinary situations who did unbelievable things just like your MOH recipients