Did British Soldiers Really Make Tea in a Vickers Machine Gun? With expert Jonathan Ferugson

More tea, Vicker? In this episode of Myths & Misconceptions, Jonathan investigates the origins of the famous "Vickers tea" story. From Robert Graves' account to eyewitness testimony from machine gunners themselves, Jonathan explores what the historical evidence actually tells us. Sources: As always check out IWM for their extensive collection of archival material: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections https://vickersmg.blog/in-use/myths/ Robert Graves ‘Goodbye to All That…’ (1929). Young is first quoted in Warren J Brown 'Child Yank over the Rainbow Division, 1918', 1975, p.19. Ernest Edward Bryan, British NCO served with C Coy, 17th (Service) Bn (1st City) King's (Liverpool Regt), 89th Bde, 30th Div on Western Front, 1916-1918 (Reel 2 ) https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004024 Roger Pauly claims in ‘Firearms: the life story of a technology’ (2004, page 133) George Coppard. ‘With a Machine Gun to Cambrai: The Tale of a Young Tommy in Kitchener's Army 1914-1918’ (1969) Paul Cornish, Machine-Guns and the Great War (Casemate, 2009) Jackson, P. (dir.) (2018) [They Shall Not Grow Old] [Film]. London: Imperial War Museum / Wingnut Films #Vickers #WW1 #MachineGun #MilitaryHistory #History #RoyalArmouries #JonathanFerguson #FirstWorldWar #Tea #Myths Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour Help us bring history to life by supporting us here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/donations/ Sign up to our museum membership scheme here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/membership/ ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries ⚔ Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalarmouriesmuseum We are the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Discover what goes on behind the scenes and watch our collection come to life. See combat demonstrations, experience jousting and meet our experts. Have a question about arms and armour? Feel free to leave us a comment and we'll do our best to answer it.