Now, this is what the forum is all about. I didn't know that battledress modifications were "regimental". Does any of our Canadian contributors know of similar practices in the Canadian army?
Ray, I wouldn't read too much into the date of issue for the tunic. The stores gave out what was at hand, and they may have had several dates in stock. I remember when I was in the Grey & Simcoe's, and my dad was in stores that there were several instances where "new" stores arrived that were older than the previous kit that had been issued. Most of the tunics that are encountered today are the tunics the fellows came home in. They got these new battledress before repatriation in 1945, and those are the tunics that are found today. There is the odd one that would have been to a soldier that had come home earlier, (due to his circumstances eg training or wounded), but those are scarce.
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