A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also Covered. Occasionally We Will Have Our Own Opinions Or Observations To Make.
If I remember the scene correctly Private: Why us, Colour Sergeant, why us? Colour Sergeant: Because WE'RE here lad, and nobody else. No feeling in the world like it. Bit of trivia, at the end they take a roll call. They call out the name Jones with a different number after it many times, why?
Keeping up with the Jones was because they were a Welsh unit and Jones was so common a surname in Wales that they had to distinguish each other with numbers.
I love this movie. The characters are clearly defined, the story is crisp, and it doesn't deviate too far from what actually happened.
More trivia. In real life, what infirmity did Bromhead have? Who do historians think really organized the defense of Rourke's Drift?
If I remember the scene correctly
ReplyDeletePrivate: Why us, Colour Sergeant, why us?
Colour Sergeant: Because WE'RE here lad, and nobody else.
No feeling in the world like it.
Bit of trivia, at the end they take a roll call. They call out the name Jones with a different number after it many times, why?
Keeping up with the
ReplyDeleteJones was because they
were a Welsh unit and
Jones was so common a
surname in Wales that
they had to distinguish
each other with numbers.
I love this movie. The
characters are clearly
defined, the story is
crisp, and it doesn't
deviate too far from
what actually happened.
More trivia. In real
life, what infirmity did
Bromhead have? Who do
historians think really
organized the defense
of Rourke's Drift?
ofs
I love this film. The bravery that these men displayed is truly astounding.
ReplyDeleteAlmost ofs. My understanding is that Welsh surnames were so hard to pronounce for the British that they arbitrarily gave them Jones and a number.
ReplyDeleteJames,
ReplyDeleteThat's a much better
explanation.
ofs