fv1609 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 It's not something old like longbows or pike's is it? Intriguing thought but no, a bit more modern than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 infalting a barrage balloon or raising a tent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Carting telegraph poles about????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 infalting a barrage balloon or raising a tent? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Carting telegraph poles about????? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Are they building/constructing something? Is this only for show, or is it something practical for the field of battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Are they building/constructing something? Nope is it something practical for the field of battle? Oh yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Stretcher bearers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Something to do with Fire Picket :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 With reference to AlienFTM's post, we used to do that when I was in the CCF, but I couldn't (until I read your post) remember how we used to do it. Will now practise it with my Army Cadets - although might look less effective with 12 of them :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougiebarder Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Is the fact that the items can be left in a heap relevant? Are fortifications involved? (2 for the price of 1 :-D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Stretcher bearers ? YES absolutely right! I knew I could rely on you, how many have you got right now? You obviously appreciate the value, for a patient on a stretcher, having bearers of equal height at each end! For a finale can anyone come up with the appx year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 YES absolutely right! I knew I could rely on you, how many have you got right now? Thanks Clive, Lost count now, could be 5 or 6 ? Thought I would let it run a little before posting......some interesting suggestions. As for time frame, I will go 1920's, hope I do not get it right, else people might suspect it is a fiddle :whistle: Not that I am getting any prizes, they seem to have been lost in the post Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 As for time frame, I will go 1920's, hope I do not get it right, Nope, so I hope you feel pleased that shows no element of collusion. I was wondering would the choice of height of the stretcher bearers be modified for ascending gradients & then reversed for descent? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 How about 1950's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 How about 1950's Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 1930's :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 1930's :dunno: Nope If it helps at all, some of the exercises were in conjunction with ambulances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Horse drawn ambulances probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Horse drawn ambulances probably Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Somwhere around 1914 then>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Id take it back a bit, 1880's? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) Somwhere around 1914 then>>> Yes OK Neil near enough, it was 1911. Some of the many exercises seem complicated, over-disciplined or even comical. But I suppose in the heat & distress of battle an adherence to automated drills would help the soldier function with best efficiency considering the appalling things he would be expected to witness. These stretcher bearers would not be trained to fight & would have had a non-fighting trade. Like my grandfather who enlisted well before WW1. He was an accomplished musician & joined the Army merely to play in the band & see the world. He was stationed in India & they were promised leave at home. To their dismay the journey did not end in the UK but they were sent straight to the front & trained as stretcher bearers. I never knew my grandfather, but he was devastated by what he saw & would never talk about it other than telling my mother on many occasions that after all that slaughter "men would never go to war again." My grandfather on the left with his brothers. Edited November 17, 2009 by Marmite!! Photo links repaired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 it's an order given during drill i think it mught be about 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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