Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Bantam Battalions of the Great War" video.

I know of the Bantam Battalions and their reputation for being scrappy fighter. Even the Prussians, usually six foot and over, found them hard to deal with. I have read of one man, I think he was about five foot two, who at the slightest hint there were Germans about would rush off to the trenches hoping for a fight. As for the firing step in the front line trench they got around that by raising it up before use. This did cause some problems for the next battalion to serve there if they were taller with it being to high for safety so the Bantams had to take it down again before they left the front line. One problem here is that they would serve just one day in ten in the front line, so the Bantams had to build it up and bring it down in the same day. For those who are wondering what a battalion is it is the British Armies equivalent to a regiment. So at full strength a battalion was about 1000 men. A regiment would be made up of a number of battalions and was more for administration. One of the Pals Battalions which served in France in WW1 was the 10th Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment.
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