Kilts Were Dreadful
The Battle of Passchendaele
Kilts Were Dreadful
Transcript
The kilt, it was a terrible piece of uniform for combat
in this respect, lousy, a breeding place for millions of lice,
all the seams.
The only thing about it, it did keep your kidneys warm
but in Passchendaele the mud on the back froze
and every time you took a step that frozen mud it kept hitting you,
the back of your legs were raw.
We come out of Passchendaele the end of November
and then we got issued trousers again til spring.
Description
Mr. Henley describes two major issues with kilts. The first was that lice thrived in a kilt's seams, and the second was that mud froze to a kilts tail, thus badly chafing its wearer's legs.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 0:52
- Person Interviewed:
- Roy Henley
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- First World War
- Battle/Campaign:
- Passchendaele
- Branch:
- Army
- Rank:
- Sergeant
- Date modified: