part of this is wrong my pop's horse got back he put it on a boat at ciro and it live a kings life aloud in the back door for toast 4 breky every day groomed until he looked like glass he never rode him after the war just looked after him ..................yes may did not come home
do we ever here a tribute to all the horses that got put down no we do not sham thay were anzac's 2
@84runnerv8 That's very interesting. As far as what has been recorded only Major General Sir William Bridges' horse Sandy returned. This was due to quarinteen restrictions. The other horses that survived either were sold to slaughter houses, sold to the local populous or shot by their riders.
As this is a tribute to the loss of the horses of world war one (specifically the Australian horses), this IS a tribute to the horses that were put down as well as died during battle or from disease.
@sbwebster The footage was taken from an Australian documentary about endurance racing in Australia that had a section about the waler horse as a light infantry horse during the first world war. I can only assume that they were being truthful in their footage but I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between WW1 and WW2 personally. However I do know only a few hundred waler horses were committed to WW2 and in most of the footage the Australian diggers hat is quite clear.
@sbwebster As a military historian and retired soldier I didn't see any footage that was clearly WW2. Of course either way, the message is there and very clear. Well done Angel, I salute you.
part of this is wrong my pop's horse got back he put it on a boat at ciro and it live a kings life aloud in the back door for toast 4 breky every day groomed until he looked like glass he never rode him after the war just looked after him ..................yes may did not come home
do we ever here a tribute to all the horses that got put down no we do not sham thay were anzac's 2
84runnerv8 1 month ago
@84runnerv8 That's very interesting. As far as what has been recorded only Major General Sir William Bridges' horse Sandy returned. This was due to quarinteen restrictions. The other horses that survived either were sold to slaughter houses, sold to the local populous or shot by their riders.
As this is a tribute to the loss of the horses of world war one (specifically the Australian horses), this IS a tribute to the horses that were put down as well as died during battle or from disease.
AngelBelladonna 1 month ago
Good footage but some of it looks like ww2.
sbwebster 2 months ago
@sbwebster The footage was taken from an Australian documentary about endurance racing in Australia that had a section about the waler horse as a light infantry horse during the first world war. I can only assume that they were being truthful in their footage but I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between WW1 and WW2 personally. However I do know only a few hundred waler horses were committed to WW2 and in most of the footage the Australian diggers hat is quite clear.
AngelBelladonna 2 months ago
@AngelBelladonna It's all WWI.
pbeccas 1 month ago
@pbeccas Thanks for letting me know :)
AngelBelladonna 1 month ago
@sbwebster As a military historian and retired soldier I didn't see any footage that was clearly WW2. Of course either way, the message is there and very clear. Well done Angel, I salute you.
jwengland50 1 month ago
very moving
jeffarmst00 3 months ago
Depressing.
MightyTabooTiki 7 months ago
One of the best of these types of videos I've seen so far :)
MagicalLittleFinny 10 months ago
@MagicalLittleFinny Thankyou :)
AngelBelladonna 10 months ago