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Uniforms
This hopefully is the Elgin 1943.
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And this should be the Irish also 1943. The Carleton I believe is 1945. all with 8 pleats per side , thats 18 pleats all around. except this one the C 7 Y it has 4 per side if I remember right. This fellow is missing one of the medals Victory I believe But being a 43 uniform thats posible although he must have come home with it. Just curious. Ray
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Ray, Could you get a close up image of the shoulder title? Thanks.
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Here you are Bill
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Excellent Ray. Some evidence of the actual pattern worn in WW2.
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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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I also remember when I was in the Grey and Simcoes Barrie sqd all the officers has private purchase BDs which all had slight differences and it was the same when I went into the PATS so each tailor was putting his traits into those ones. Then the ORs quality ones although subject to quality controls where contracted out to several firms and slight variences in cuffs and pleats etc will always suface.
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Ray, nice BD indeed. I note the rank of Cpl. and 2 wound stripes. Also two years service on the cuff. I have a copy of the Irish Regt of Canada Casualty list. A quick search would likely give in the area of 50 or so guys this tunic could belong to. Are their any other Id marking inside?
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