Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "On Armistice Day we reflect on the fact that black soldiers can become famous for…being soldiers" video.

@jimjones-bk2is Both fit. Point I'm making: We don't need white, black, brown or yellow poppies. All blood is the same colour. Differently-coloured poppies divides us. Red poppies unite us.
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Blood is always red. The red poppy commemorates the sacrifice.
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@KemetledAfrica Different regiments for different parts of the Empire. You'd no more put an Afro-Caribbean in a Welsh regiment than in an Indian regiment. There were separate regiments for the London Scottish and others. The Army was divided by class rather than by race.
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@georgehetty7857 Thanks!
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@martinjackman2943 Ashli is a well-known troll. Feeding his kind only makes him hungrier. Consider his name's origin.
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@martinjackman2943 The armed services were riddled with class prejudice. During the 1930s, the RAF regarded itself as derived from the elite aristocratic lancer units of the British Army. Officers were expected to have sufficient private funds to pay for a horse which they'd ride in fox hunting. "Johnny" Johnson (later the RAF's number one fighter ace) was refused an RAF commission because, despite being a university graduate, he was considered too working class because his father was a policeman. Johnson joined the RAF Reserve instead. Things quickly changed when the casualties mounted. The only way to obtain new commanders was to promote highly-skilled aviators from the other ranks.
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@KemetledAfrica West Indian, Chinese and Indian troops were used behind the lines for purposes of building roads, camps and so on. Absolutely vital work. Soldiers from some territories might become unreliable upon suffering horrific casualties. Native Brits, Canucks, ANZACs and so on were steadfast in battles like Vimy Ridge. Troops from Ghana or Jamaica might throw in the towel. Some units were indeed committed to battle and took heavy casualties, as with Indian cavalry.
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@jimjones-bk2is I'm surprised nobody's issued pink poppies.
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@jimjones-bk2is All true.
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@brianthirling9260 True.
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