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Old 23-06-18, 08:22 PM
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Default 5 Bn DCLI 43rd Wessex Division Combo

Hi all

Here is another combo that I have added.

Again showing a typical British combo.

As you know this is a well known and famous unit of Hill 112 Normandy.

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Old 24-06-18, 12:23 AM
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Very nice!
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Old 24-06-18, 07:28 AM
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Old 24-06-18, 08:44 AM
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I've often wondered where they got the backing material to make these combos, if each man had two BD blouses, over a battalion that would need quite a bit of material.

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I've often wondered where they got the backing material to make these combos, if each man had two BD blouses, over a battalion that would need quite a bit of material.

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I have never been quite sure as well as to how these combinations were worn, I thought they were cut from BD and edged with stitches. Were they worn as "slip-ons" as some I have seen?

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Old 24-06-18, 04:36 PM
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Default 43 (Wx) Inf Div

Here's a couple more from he collection:
43 Wx Div_01.jpgDCLI_43 Inf Div and 50 Inf Div.01.jpg
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Old 24-06-18, 05:35 PM
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Hi Rob

I wonder that so I found this image with and without the backing. So maybe it came down to individuals deciding would it be easier one way or the other?

Thanks for adding more images Mike.

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Old 24-06-18, 05:39 PM
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Maybe when they were issued a new BD it was quicker to cut out the entire panel than to carefully remove each piece and sew it on again individually?

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Old 24-06-18, 06:37 PM
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Mike was that double Formation signs authorized? Was that normal practice during or at wars end?


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Old 24-06-18, 07:48 PM
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Here is my addition tho this thread.
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Old 24-06-18, 09:11 PM
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Mike was that double Formation signs authorized? Was that normal practice during or at wars end?

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I would say that it was unauthorised but accepted. it seems to have been prevalent amongst those who had served in 50 (N) Inf Div and were transferred to another formation when it reverted to a "Lower Establishment" in Dec 44. Some of the veterans of 50 (N) Inf Div could have served with the Division in the BEF (1940), North Africa, Iraq, Syria, Cyprus (1941-1943), Sicily (1943) and NW Europe (6 Jun 44 to Dec 44). No wonder they wanted to display the TT. Other instances of two formations signs being worn - AB Forces sign by elements of the Bedfordshire Yeomanry (for support given at Arnhem) and the 51 (H) Div sign worn by an Armd Bde for support given at Le Havre. There are probably many other examples.
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Hi Rob

I wonder that so I found this image with and without the backing. So maybe it came down to individuals deciding would it be easier one way or the other?

Thanks for adding more images Mike.

Phill
Note the Captain's "low profile" shoulder title - a cut down black on khaki slip on title I think. This seemed be an uncommon practice in 43 (Wx) Inf Div.
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Mike: Is that a black square in your Wiltshire combo?
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Great looking combinations all. Cannot add to the discussion other than to say interesting and informative.
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Thanks for all the input, learning as I go.

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