There is story in the navy that in the 1950s two groups of warships came across each other , the US and The UK Royal Navy . The US admiral sent a signal “ good afternoon British Admiral how is the second largest Navy by in the world “ British admiral replied “ thank you we are well , how is the second BEST navy in the world 😂😂😂
@moonramshaw1982
Жыл бұрын
I love these cheeky moments👍👍
@dazthesailor6363
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@peterdore8690
Жыл бұрын
I worked with a old sea salt Back in the 80’s he told me the same story He said it was HMS Victorious when joining the Us fleet in the pacific
@markmaher4548
Жыл бұрын
Well, the RN has been officially been plying the world's oceans since 1546.
@nicksykes4575
Жыл бұрын
@@Oi.... I heard it was a special forces compound, and it was either Delta or Seal Team 6, and the SAS.
@peterwhitehead9934
Жыл бұрын
I was the flying angel for Portsmouth 1983 ..all you get is a Blazer and a Pocket full of memories
@nickmaclachlan5178
Жыл бұрын
I used to be in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, when we were on exercises with American ships we used to do things called "Cross Pollination" or "Crosspols" for short. That meant we would swap personnel to give them and us a looky see what life was like on opposing ships. Now Americans weren't allowed to drink at sea but us Brits were. We used to take great delight in getting our American Crosspol candidates extremely drunk, then sending them back home vomiting their heads off! American Sailors were also always told when on shore leave, Don't drink with the Brits, Don't gamble with the Brits and Don't fight with the Brits...... you will lose!
@maximus6622
Жыл бұрын
My mate was in the Paras and said the same as you, that the US army was told not to challenge the Brits at anything, especially drinking lol.
@adrianmcgachie
Жыл бұрын
Bloody brilliant!
@Martin-dq1dk
Жыл бұрын
Nick My Dad was the landlord, of The Star pub in Weymouth, from the early 1980's to the middle of the 90's. It was the watering hole, of many of the local "matelots" and especially members of The Fleet Air Arm gun crew. Some fantastic evenings spent in there. I was lucky enough, to be able, to go to the Royal Tournament, and witness the gun crew, close up and personal, behind the scenes, as they were preparing for their run. Genuinely, one of the most, electric, adrenalin pumping, atmospheric situations I have ever witnessed. I myself, was in the RFA, and after my first night in the "Gut" in Malta. I can absolutely confirm, that you are bang on, about the yanks!😁😁😁
@nickmaclachlan5178
Жыл бұрын
@@Martin-dq1dk I spent most of the nineties based at Portland between trips away on board, so Weymouth was my default setting! Pretty sure your old man probably served me a pint or three. Totally agree about the Royal Tournament, think the last time I went was maybe '91 ish. That reminds me, tonight and tomorrow are the "Portland Old Boys" nights out. Where old shipmates descend on Weymouth and Portland, get drunk and catch up after many many years...... unfortunately I couldn't make it this year, but have raised a glass in their honour.
@nicksykes4575
Жыл бұрын
During WW2 when the Royal Navy was evacuating the army from Crete, the Admiral in charge was advised to withdraw because he was losing too many ships. Instead he carried on with the evacuation, he's quoted as saying "it takes 3 years to build a ship, it takes 300 to build a tradition."
@ballagh
Жыл бұрын
Admiral (later Viscount) Cunningham aka ABC had a wonderful turn of phrase to go with a superb career. His order for the blockade of Tunisia is one of my favourite of the war. He signalled the fleet “Sink, burn and destroy: Let nothing pass”
@SirHilaryManfat
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Tournaments were amazing fun. Lots of marching, military bands, trained dog displays, live military drills and even bikes jumping over cars. It was unmissable TV back in the day. Sad it's not around anymore.
@eezergoode8588
Жыл бұрын
I remember in 1994 my dad told me I was ill and couldn't go to school. We took a coach to Earl's Court in London, was amazing seeing this and all the rest. Massed bands, ARRC, REME, Ghurkas, magic day.
@paulsharp8359
Жыл бұрын
The origins of the field gun competition lie in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The legendary story tells of the siege of the British garrison in the township of Ladysmith in 1899. In support of the British Army, the Royal Navy landed guns from HMS Terrible and Powerful to help in the relief of the siege. The Naval Brigade transported guns over difficult terrain and brought them into action against the Boers.
@boardmandave
Жыл бұрын
I just watched the final run in 1999 and one of the team captains after one of the wire Snaps was flipped over landed on his neck and was clinically dead he was resuscitated and taken to hospital another one of those is running on a broken ankle and leg and foot and his team went on to win. As is said above the equipment they are moving is over ton it was so exciting to watch back in the day I am 41 years old now so I was a child in the 80s and 90s and this was the most spectacular thing I had ever seen and probably the best display of precision teamwork and strengths I have ever seen in my life. these men are hard as nails
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
That did not happen in the final run of '99. Nor did it happen to anyone in any crew at all in 99.
@sparkz9803
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Navy are called the Senior Service in the UK. This was always watched in awe when I was a child many years ago. I joined a different arm of the service for 12 years, but always admire all military precision.
@terencejay8845
Жыл бұрын
Even had their 'own' cigarettes, 'Senior Service' which were strong and unfiltered. I often ran errands to the newsagents to get a neighbour '20 Senior Service.'
@theotherside8258
Жыл бұрын
@@terencejay8845 So they weren't named after cigarettes?
@terencejay8845
Жыл бұрын
@@theotherside8258 I would think the Navy was the Senior Service before cigarettes. I just did an image search because I recall there was a ship on the front of the pack, which also brought up the smaller version, 'Cadets' which I'd forgotten about.
@theotherside8258
Жыл бұрын
@@terencejay8845 so cadets are named after small cigarettes too
@terencejay8845
Жыл бұрын
@@theotherside8258 Exactly right.
@ladykaycey
Жыл бұрын
I think you'd really enjoy watching climbing the Ganges mast. Those sailors needed nerves of steel for that. Especially the button boy!
@emmaclayton1325
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Navy Field Gun Competition was an event held during the annual Royal Tournament. The event was was apparently cancelled due to our military services becoming too stretched to spare the 2,500 personnel needed to put the event on for its usual three-week run.
@wessexdruid7598
Жыл бұрын
It was a very big affair. I had a mate who was responsible for running it, one year.
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
At the time of the last tournament it had been reduced to two weeks a few years previous. This was because every year it lost money and that was pretty much the main reason for cancelling. The tournament profits went to service charities but as it was losing money no-one was 'benefitting'.
@sandemike
2 ай бұрын
@@mikestrohm3271 Because the government knew the cost of everything but the value of nothing.
@727strat
Жыл бұрын
I'm so proud to say my father ran for Davenport Field Gun just after WW2. Davenport hold the record time. The reason it stopped is because our government of the day decided it cost too much. Another great tradition destroyed by people who have no clue!
@tessSGS
Жыл бұрын
It's also due to the large number of injuries, not just defence cuts.
@ianwhitehouse5818
Ай бұрын
Cancelling the Royal Tournament also damaged RN recruiting as well.
@adrianmcgachie
Жыл бұрын
My dad was in the navy and as a very young boy, he took us as a family to watch the Portsmouth team hard in training, at a man made naval base in Portsmouth called Whale Island. We were encouraged by my folks to scream and yell for "the boys" but I was a bit too young and nervous to do that, but it was still one of the most thrilling events I had seen in my life and that was just practice. "The boys" took it very seriously and it was a thing of pride to take part in despite the missing limbs, knocks and bruises they expected on the journey. Absolutely thrilling. xx
@lukeblunden2032
10 ай бұрын
My dad was in the Pompey field gun crew back when I was a nipper and was so proud when he was in the royal tournament. I also have fond memories of whale island. Always a great day out. His crew still meet up every year. Boy they can still have a drink.
@grahamhills6849
Жыл бұрын
This was held at the Royal Tournament at Earl's Court in London. This was an annual military display. I believe it was cancelled because of defence spending cuts
@Miss_Beehaven
Жыл бұрын
I was in the Fleet Air Arm, this was massive back in the day, they used to send out dispatches with the results to all ships in the Royal Navy. I was based in HMS Daedalus where the Fleet Air Arm trained - they were beasts🤣
@darrenbrown4605
Жыл бұрын
I'm Portsmouth born and raised. Watching Portsmouth win at Earls Court made the hairs on the back of my stand up . Its awesome to watch live 👏
@davefrench3608
Жыл бұрын
@@darrenbrown4605same here. PuP!
@lindachandler4750
6 ай бұрын
My brother was in this tournament, he served in the Royal Navy for 21 years , at the age of 15 years old signed up for 12 years then again.. sadly died last year
@keatsmeister
Жыл бұрын
One of my fondest childhood memories is my Dad taking me as a kid to this. The whole event was amazing but the gun run was the absolute highlight.
@hanskneesun123
Жыл бұрын
I went to the Royal Tournament three years running, it never ceased to amaze me how fast they were at this.
@PiersMully
Жыл бұрын
My cousin was in the Royal Navy. After he left he interviewed for an engineer position on luxury yachts in the Med. As soon as he said he'd been in the gun team the interview stopped and he was offered the job on the spot. The guys interviewing him knew how hard it was to get into the Gun teams and compete and it was enough for them to know my cousin was the guy they wanted.
@briwire138
Жыл бұрын
There's another royal navy tradition of sailors climbing a massive mast and rigging, one step at a time to the beat of a drum. Probably cancelled along with the one in the video due to health and safety.
@cfcuker
Жыл бұрын
I'm quite old, but it was one of my highlights of my childhood to go to the Colchester military tattoo but the Royal Tournament was something else. It was a thing of pride for us British. 1999 was around the time the western world went wrong and pride in our forces and nation started falling apart. Happy days.😢
@wessexdruid7598
Жыл бұрын
Earls Court was flattened by developers, then they were stopped from building high-rise housing. It's been an empty site for many years. "You don't know what you've got, 'til it's gone.."
@dabtoe48
9 ай бұрын
I was sent to Earls Court in 1952 as RN catering party. A soft draft after two and a half years in the Med. after Ganges.. We would watch the Field gun run every night and cheer on our home ream, Chatham! Yes there used to be 4 teams. In 1974 I joined NAAFI vending branch and from then until 1994 I was responsible for setting up the vending area in the NAAFI complex, always felt so good to see the Field Gun lads.
@jono.pom-downunder
Жыл бұрын
If you want to know what real hard men are like here this is it. The results of these competitions were radioed to the fleet around the world it was a great source of pride for the ships to be based at the winning Dockyard
@watchreadplayretro
Жыл бұрын
I, like many here it seems, watched this live on TV back in the day, my dad videoed it and I must have seen the whole televised thing 20+ times over the decades. I think the whole thing is on YT now anyway. Such strength required, but speed along with the strength too, which is truely incredible. Great reactions King!
@bedpansniper
Жыл бұрын
This ' race' happened every evening of the tournament( 2 weeks I think) with different RN teams. So important were the results they were signalled to the whole fleet! The race is based from the Boar war when the Royal Navy battery took their guns over land to asisit with the relief of Mafeking.
@AlBarzUK
Жыл бұрын
Actually Ladysmith. Maheking is a further 400 miles inland!
@nikhinson3703
Жыл бұрын
Twice a day if I remember correctly. I was on a static display one year and we would go and watch as we wouldn’t get any visitors at that time.
@bedpansniper
Жыл бұрын
@nikhinson3703 I think you are correct I did med cover one year and now I think about it we could go watch it..time and age plays its tricks again!
@timholder6825
Жыл бұрын
Fleet Air Arm. The Navy has it's own air force.
@nickmaclachlan5178
Жыл бұрын
And it was around before those Brylcreem Boys even started the RAF.......
@julietravis9775
Жыл бұрын
Fleet Air Arm was formed around 1924 as an organisational unit of the RAF. RAF was formed in 1918 when the Royal flying corps and Royal naval air service merged.
@talsius.1019
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Flying corps were formed from Air Battalion Royal Engineers who were in turn the successor of the Ballon Section RE
@nickmaclachlan5178
Жыл бұрын
@@julietravis9775 My bad, maybe not the FAA, but the Royal Naval Air Service pre-dated the origins of the RAF by nearly four years. And it's always with great delight that us FAA types remind the crabs that they were formed on the first of April....... longest running joke in the services...... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@julietravis9775
Жыл бұрын
@@nickmaclachlan5178 🤣🤣nice
@SteveBernard42
9 ай бұрын
I was at the royal tournament in the late sixties, my sister was part of it in the RAF. Great show!
@pooliejay
Жыл бұрын
I was in the RN for 24 years and met a few lads who did the gun run and it’s true some of them lost fingers because they dropped bolts and used there fingers instead
@markmaher4548
Жыл бұрын
& they were absolute units.
@Lyme_lyte
Жыл бұрын
If I had never seen the race I would say you are talking bollocks. But as someone who had seen 2 races as a kid knows they gave it there all and if sacrificing a finger meant winning and knowing the pride winning meant. Makes it totally believeable.
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
@@Lyme_lyte Actually it is bollocks, only one person lost a finger as a result of losing the lynch pin and using his finger in the axle
@user-rx7bo3cr5w
Жыл бұрын
I went to the Royal Tournament for 10 years it was a fantastic show at Earls Court in London. Missed the 1999 show as I was overseas. The whole show was great after the gun run my favourite was the musical ride of The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, 6 guns pulled each by 6 horses it was terrifying to watch,
@johncartwright8154
Жыл бұрын
We used to go to the Royal Tournament every year held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London in the late 1950's to mid 60s. This event and the mounted Royal Artillery demonstration was always the highlight. The competing teams were from the Naval Dockyards at the time, and the Fleet Air Arm featured in this footage.
@maximus6622
Жыл бұрын
JPS (Joel ) is a really nice kid and like yourself, has learnt a lot about British humour and culture. Joel visited the UK last summer and is coming back this summer. Would be great to see you both together. Make sure you call him a Muppet 🤣
@IntoTheWhite04
Жыл бұрын
That arena, earl's court, has been knocked down now. Demolished a few years ago. I saw the last ever gig there, Bombay Bicycle Club and also saw oasis and genesis in there.
@davidmarsden9800
Жыл бұрын
If you liked this you'll love the Royal Navy Mast Manning Ceremony. All done without safety gear and a safety net. There are pictures from the Dartmouth Royal Naval College of the Officers manning the mast. There is a video of the first woman "Button Boy" at an event/show in colour on KZitem as well.
@georgejob2156
Жыл бұрын
Ms Nicola Howard bravest girl in Britain...
@georgejob2156
Жыл бұрын
More bottle than I have ,she is a credit to.our country..🇬🇧
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
Жыл бұрын
This is my childhood right here , I marvelled at how they managed to strip and reassemble those field guns after carrying them , having to get them over barriers etc it was SUPER exciting at the time . 👍🏴
@bonvoyage5377
Жыл бұрын
The UK began conversion to metric in 1970.......over 50yrs ago!!!
@chrismackett9044
Жыл бұрын
Last night I watched a documentary about the new aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth. In order to stimulate team spirit, they set up a field gun team which went onto win the competition which seemed to include army teams as well.
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
That was the Brickwoods field gun, very different, no obstacles.
@SuperDancingdevil
Жыл бұрын
I loved the Royal Tournament it was a great Tournament to watch and the Field gun race was very exciting, The race itself was based on a real event look up “The Relief of Mafaking “ , Those guys had to be super fit many a finger got crushed and various other injuries during the race, It’s such a shame this Tradition was stopped, BTW the result of this race was always flashed to every ship in the Navy .
@Gog00
Жыл бұрын
I was in this Royal Tournament as a young bandsman in the massed Corps of Drums. We were on first each night so got the rest of the evening off to watch. The Field Gun competition was really something else.
@davidwatts-hw2dh
Жыл бұрын
My great uncle Watts was there in South Africa all through the Boar Wars. 5 Bars on his medal, which I proudly have.
@gbphil
Жыл бұрын
It was stopped because like any display team event, it took 600 men in the three teams out from normal service. The injuries during both competition and training were horrific with deep wounds and muscle tears from throwing this equipment around. There are a couple of documentaries on the teams following the year round training they did to compete.😎😇
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
Not quite, each command team had forty 'runners' 18 for A crew and 18 for B crew with four spares. Backroom staff was No 1 trainer and No 2 trainer, PTI, 6 workshop staff, three to run the bar and a medic plus the field gun officer making a staff of less than 60 so the total for the three crews was less than two hundred men. There were very few 'horrific' injuries. I ran in 1977 and only one person out of all the crews running over the three commands was injured sufficient to be unable to continue training (broken leg) but he returned and ran the next year.
@gbphil
Жыл бұрын
@@mikestrohm3271 fair enough I was factoring in three centres, a specialised motor pool and catering staff for 5000 calories a day. The BBC series seemed to hype the injuries more with shoulder dislocations, severed fingers, muscle tears and the carriage axle going through someone’s thigh.
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
@@gbphil Yes mate, but there was no dedicated motor pool when I was with Devonport, we had a truck but that was driven by a staff member (our chippie as I remember). We did have three chefs just for us but not a full catering staff. We had a guy who's little finger was crushed in training, he went off to hospital where they told him he would be out of action for a month so he asked what would happen if they amputated and was told he could be running again in five days. He told them to amputate, was discharged next day, went straight back to the training track and told the trainer he was passed fit. Muscle tears were ignored, pulled muscles ignored, cuts were stitched up trackside and the guys would carry on. Don't forget for everyone in A crew there was someone doing the same drill in B crew and fighting to get into A so an injured A crew guy would pretend he was fine and carry on because if he dropped out he might not get his place back again.
@gbphil
Жыл бұрын
@@mikestrohm3271 RESPECT.
@TonySpike
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch this every year when i was little
@01bystander
Жыл бұрын
I was at the Royal tournament in 1980 my 1st year in the Army. It was a great event.
@martintabony611
Жыл бұрын
The back drop that year was all drums with the battle honours of various regiments. The centre piece is the drum banner of the Household Cavalry regiments
@austinlondon3710
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Navy Field Gun competition is still held today, but is not televised. That stopped in 1999. The Royal Navy Field Gun Tournament continues to be held annually at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hampshire. With units of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines as well as the British Army and Royal Air Force. ROYAL NAVY FIELD GUN Origins “The origins of Royal Navy Field Gun lay in 1899, in the Second Boer War, and in particular the epic 119-day Siege of Ladysmith. As the British Army was besieged by Boer fighters in the garrison town of Ladysmith, Natal, the Royal Navy landed guns from HM Ships Terrible and Powerful to help in the relief of the siege. Special carriages and mountings for these guns had been improvised by Percy Scott, before the Naval Brigade manhandled six field guns each weighing nearly half a metric tonne over rough terrain to assist their opposite numbers of the British Army.” “The gallant defenders were helped enormously by the arrival at the last minute, of Captain the Hon Hedworth Lambton of the Naval Brigade with his 280 Blue-Jackets, four 12 pounders and two 4.7 inch guns. After the siege of Ladysmith was finally lifted on 28 Feb 1900, Her Majesty Queen Victoria I sent a telegram: ‘Pray express to the Naval Brigade my deep appreciation of the valuable services they have rendered with their guns'’. Displays of this magnificent feat began in London that year.” See web link: www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/bases-and-stations/training-establishments/hms-temeraire/rn-field-gun
@stewartcrowe5164
2 ай бұрын
Not the proper FGC,
@christopherjames5895
Жыл бұрын
Used to love watching it when i was a kid .
@johnhall7679
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Horse Artillery also did a good display with horses & gun carriages at Earls court, also look up the Royal Signals White Helmets display team at Earls Court.
@jackmason4374
Жыл бұрын
This tournament is based on the relief of ladysmith during the boer war Relief of Ladysmith Part of Second Boer War Date 28 October 1899 - 27 February 1900 Location KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Result British victory Belligerents United Kingdom South African Republic South Africa Orange Free State Commanders and leaders Redvers Buller Piet Joubert Louis Botha When the Second Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899, the Boers had a numeric superiority within Southern Africa. They quickly invaded the British territory and laid siege to Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking. Britain meanwhile transported thousands of troops both from the United Kingdom itself and from elsewhere in the Empire and by the time the siege of Ladysmith had been lifted, had a huge numeric superiority
@oddworld9000
Жыл бұрын
My late Father was a PTI on the gun crew, and yes he had all his fingers and toes, R.I.P Dad
@nathanbenedict-owen3869
Жыл бұрын
I live in Devonport! I feel so proud! (Vicariously of course - I didnt even know this was a thing until now!!)
@anglosaxon5874
Жыл бұрын
I was a medic in the RN in the 70/80's and the injuries some get! Great to watch and same with the 'Manning the mast'!
@roboosh
Жыл бұрын
To the limit and beyond, was a documentary made in the seventies about selecting and training a team for this.. worth a look. And the Royal Tournaments were absolutely incredible memories from my childhood. Was dumbstruck to be told '99 was the last year for gun run, when i was trying to sign up to the forces in '98, when i was still 17..
@robertkane3649
Жыл бұрын
Earls Court was a large indoor arena in West London, and the Royal Tournament was the highlight every year, sadly discontinued due to defence cuts, another part of our nations managed decline
@barrydarnell856
Жыл бұрын
One year a marine got hit by the gun, blood gushing from his head, ran to the arena side and they sent him back real tough men. It stopped because of defence cuts
@jonathanocallaghan9202
Жыл бұрын
It was initially run to commemorate the lifting of the seige of Ladysmith during the Boer war. HMS Powerful and HMS Dreadful transported some of their cannon over some particularly rough terrain to come to the aid of our besieged troops.
@raynorris3079
Жыл бұрын
They started it all up again a few years ago as i went go see it.... brilliant fun
@douglasspencer745
Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see this tournament live at Earls Court in the early 80s
@sammic7492
Жыл бұрын
My dad used to be in the Portsmouth field gun team when he was in the navy, it's brutal he had the broken bones to prove it.
@alisonrandall3039
Жыл бұрын
Mine also.
@markrowbotham222
Жыл бұрын
Used to watch this and manning the mast every year
@garychristensen2048
Жыл бұрын
I've seen this still trained post budget cuts at HMS Collingwood for exactly why you said - teamwork.
@WilfChadwick
Жыл бұрын
The UK military fencing championship took place there, during down time, when I wasn't fencing, we watched the show. During the run, one of the crewmen(all men at this point) fell and was run over by both carriage wheels. I've never laughed so much in all my life, even stoned watching Dumb and Dumber got knocked off it's perch.
@calumd7643
Жыл бұрын
Years agoooooo I did my work experience at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth and got to watch the Field Gunners practicing; it’s unreal watching it in person 😧
@alisonrandall3039
Жыл бұрын
My mum goes to the meat raffle every week and she also had her wedding reception there.
@RoastLambShanks
11 ай бұрын
To compliment this and to get more background info, you need to watch "The Last Gun Race" and "Field gun competition", here on youtube.
@jameswroe2403
Жыл бұрын
There's a video called dancing with three quarters of a soddin ton which is the behind the scenes of this.
@richt71
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the cub scouts we'd travel from York to London especially for this each year. Loved the Royal tournament especially this competition.
@lawrencegt2229
Жыл бұрын
See if you can find a video of "Manning the Mast" - another naval tradition!
@ronnienose8608
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying that about the Royal Navy. My dad was a Royal Navy man, served on the Ark Royal.
@Misstott__
Жыл бұрын
Would love to see JPS on here. You are both my favourite youtube channels ❤
@teejai5291
Жыл бұрын
The event was the annual Royal Tournament and this was one of the events in that programme. They used to have a musical element, a display by the Royal Marines Commandos as well as a lot of other units. They stopped it a good few years ago.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine an annual tournament in the USA on a national holiday , live on TV, between the Navy , Airforce, Army , Marines,Rangers etc along these lines ? It would be awesome 👍🏴
@wessexdruid7598
Жыл бұрын
Remember they'd have to wear all the padding and helmets...
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
Жыл бұрын
@@wessexdruid7598 lol Wessex… I get ya 👍🏴
@sjbict
Жыл бұрын
Devonport was my home port which is Plymouth Devon. there still is a Military Tattoo but its held at Edinburgh Castle Scotland every year. Vids on YT No field gun run though.
@BikersDoItSittingDown
Жыл бұрын
Hi King Booomer, I am surprised no one has mentioned this yet. because of the rules on a competitor not being allowed to do this year after year, when they were forced to take a year off, they did a smaller competition without the chasm. It is called BRICKWOODS and is still going on at this moment. All the competitors have begun training for this year's competition.
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
It was four years. So if a person ran in 1990 they wouldn't be able to run again until 1994
@davidclarke1705
Жыл бұрын
it dates back to the 2nd boar war 1899-1902, when RN ship crews served as artillery in the war.
@mothmagic1
Жыл бұрын
It was so well worked out the way as the parts went across so they got more of the team across to rebuild the gun.
@johnp8131
Жыл бұрын
The main exibition hall at Earls Court is were it was held, not far from Chelsea football club in London. In the mid nineties, I did course down at the University of Plymouth and, as a serviceman, I stayed in the Senior Rates Mess at Devonport (hope I got that terminology right)? These guys were training for this at the time. Now I played Rugby but, these guys were real "monsters". Some of them weren't that young either? Or maybe that was just the sea air?
@garymoore8972
Жыл бұрын
Proud to say I did the gun run in 76 was also first to do triple gun run and climb at HMS royal Arthur ....gun run stopped due to health and safety regs
@alansynnott4843
Жыл бұрын
A retired Brigadier recently told me that it had stopped due to manning constraints
@ianstaines4395
Жыл бұрын
I went to the last royal tournament event, great day out!!
@davidwatts-hw2dh
Жыл бұрын
A lot of injuries over the years, King B. The lads don't stop.
@Downstairsish
Жыл бұрын
I went to see this back in 1977. I was thirteen at the time, it was amazing. Something I will never forget.
@andrewlyons5850
Жыл бұрын
This was world 🌎 famous and the hall at Earl's Court was huge, everything is being stopped in the UK 🇬🇧 as it may offend some minority or Health and Safety issues. Andy Lyons UK 🇬🇧
@chrism7395
Жыл бұрын
Grew up near Plymouth, just across the river from Devonport and my dad worked in the dockyard so we'd watch this on TV every year
@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13
Жыл бұрын
A lot of fingers got lost in this navy gun race..
@stephenmurphy7714
Жыл бұрын
This event took place at the Exhibition Centre Earls Court in West London. The building has since been flattened for housing and the RT no more since 1999. The Royal Tournament was a fantastic yearly event showing off the military at its finest. A combination of military music, horse riding displays, dog displays, motorcycle displays and simulated battles, it also involved an overseas guest band. I had been going to the Royal Tournament since the 60`s. Such a shame it is not in existence any longer. Our military has been shrinking over the years, but events like this were a good advert as to what the military could do. A good post.
@johnboi8346
Жыл бұрын
Health and safety corporation put a stop to it like anything fun in the uk!
@stevetheduck1425
Жыл бұрын
Both this and the musical ride of the trop of royal horse artillery were popular, present at each Royal Tournament, and stopped because of cost, danger and loss of limb and lives. I was present at one RHA ride at Earl's Court, where a photoflash from the crowd startled a horse, resulting in a man being thrown under the team of horses do not know if he lived, but it didn't look likely. A few years earlier the Royal Military Police motorcycle display team had a man killed in a collision between two motorcycles. This was several years before these events were stopped (officially due to cost). This demonstrates that senior officers don't care about lives, only status and bragging rights, but politicians only care about money being spent on things they don't personally profit from. The Falklands police action was a wake-up call for all senior officers and politicians, who had gone a generation with no war, only the troubles in Northern Ireland, and it showed.
@Springer1-1
Жыл бұрын
I was at Earls Court for the final run as a Civilian, I joined the Navy a few years later. Field Gun is still run every summer at HMS Collingwood
@martinmowbray4304
Жыл бұрын
I did Earl’s Court in 1991. It was a great few weeks for a young navy man who’d only been in a couple years at this stage. Like many others in the navy we couldn’t believe they were getting rid of it . Happy days.
@danzhit
Жыл бұрын
Very proud to say my grandad did this
@louispayne1291
Жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the Edinburgh Tattoo? The drone of the bagpipes is really amazing, better than you can imagine. Very good...
@roblake3350
Жыл бұрын
We used to go to the royal tournament every year, quite often as a school trip - loved it 👍
@alisonrandall3039
Жыл бұрын
The origins of the field gun competition lie in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The story tells of the siege of the British garrison in Ladysmith in 1899. In support of the British Army, the Royal Navy landed guns from HMS Terrible and Powerful to help in the relief of the siege. The Naval Brigade transported guns over difficult terrain and brought them into action against the Boers. The Royal Navy landed two 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns and four 12-pounder naval guns creating improvised field guns using makeshift gun carriages. The guns were transported inland by rail and then drawn on makeshift carriages by oxen. For the final part of the journey, sailors from the Naval Brigade manhandled the guns over very difficult terrain. One story tells of sailors carrying one of the 12-pounder guns for 2 miles (3.2 km) after one of the wheels collapsed.
@diane9656
Жыл бұрын
I lived quite near to Earls Court, i use to go to the Royal Tournament every time it was on, loved it. This was my favorite part. I believe its a reference to the Boer War, the terrain that the guys had to haul the guns over
@bengreen6980
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying what you did about the Royal Navy. I joined in 1988 aged 18 and left in 2010.
@martingibbs1179
Жыл бұрын
The televised royal tournament ended in 1999, but according to the royal navy website they still continue to do a field gun competition every year. I don't know if its exactly they same event, but I can't see why they would stop it completely as the military likes its traditions.
@TheSubHunter1
4 ай бұрын
We stopped it due to budget cuts and couldn’t spare the personnel anymore The gun run is still done but as a inter service competition now
@markwilliamson2864
Жыл бұрын
Wellington College still perform the field gun competition.
@janetburrows137
8 ай бұрын
Love as a Lass across the Pond. Thank You for saying that. But I think we all work better together. But thanks for saying that, it means a lot, too a Lancashire Lass . Thank You ❤️🙏🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
@anthonynewbon2116
4 ай бұрын
There was no harder competition in the whole world, field gunners still hold their reunions to this day, finest RN club to be a member of . God Bless em. Tony Ex DFG.
@DCI1962
Жыл бұрын
I live in Plymouth UK where Devonport naval base is located if you ever come to England it is a place that is a must to visit as it is steeped in history from the Pilgrim Fathers that sailed on the Mayflower to the new world and sir Francis Drake who beat the Spanish Armada .
@alanrobinson8065
Жыл бұрын
The occasional injuries were pretty bad, and stitches and broken fingers were regular. In 1982 I was on a course at Whale Island, HMS Excellent BUT NOT as part of the FGC (Where Portsmouth FGC training ground was located), tragedy struck the crew when they had a death on the training track. The sheer legs were dropped and struck the young Able rate
@mikestrohm3271
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was an RO and was the only death ever in gun run history. Sadly it was his own fault, he was flying angel and when he reached the home ramp he was supposed to run around the sheer legs as they dropped, for some reason he ran under them as they dropped. It was not like it was his first run, he had been flying angel for several weeks and knew the correct drill.
@JGarner.2004
Жыл бұрын
this is why the british navy ruled the waves
@granthobbo
Жыл бұрын
Hi mate it's classed as to dangerous in this day and age which is so sad alot of tradition gone greetings from the home of the royal navy Portsmouth england
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