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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen
Personally I've found that at 5'8" I have to stretch to reach those top shelves in shops........
I'll check through a couple of books which I think refer to army height requirements.
I can only remember snippets - the average height of the Grenadier Company of the GG was 5'8" in Napoleonic times, the 15th or 19th Hussars were nicknamed "The Dumpies" at one time because their men were notably squat.
A trip down under the old entrenchment lines at Lathbury Barracks, Gibralter gives an idea of a squaddies height in Napoleonic times, I had to duck & that was without wearing a shako.
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Leigh your rubbish, you never sorted the height requirement thing. Left me hanging since mid September. Although I didn't remember what units I was thinking of either, I go for a scout, maybe GWF might jog my memory....