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Old 23-01-20, 09:55 AM
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Saw this one on TV this morning, a new one for me.
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Probably a new one for everyone else as well. Most likely a one off hat. Have to wonder if any other such anomalies were worn.

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Old 27-01-20, 07:06 PM
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A reminder not to rule out something that doesn’t conform to the norm. You just never know. This is why I love old military photos as they can sometimes confirm a counter view.

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an interesting picture.

I wonder if he was a Kiwi, they camo painted uniforms including bush hats during WWII
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Here are two Chindits wearing camouflaged slouch hats at Broadway in Burma, March 1944. If the men receiving blood transfusions were injured during the glider landings there is a very high probability that the belonged to the 1/King's Regiment.

The man with a similar hat in the photograph in the first post may be a Chindit officer at Lalaghat in India, where the gliders were flown in from. The chap in the middle may be Orde Wingate but I do not recognise his profile at the angle shown.
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Old 29-01-20, 05:38 PM
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Yes it was Wingate.

Great pictures, thanks for posting them.
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Old 29-01-20, 06:01 PM
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Thanks for confirming it is Wingate in the photograph, it is an unusual angle and he seems more clean shaven than he appears in other photographs taken in 1943/44. That said, he was probably the only British officer in India still wearing a pith helmet in 1944.

I would hazard a guess that the camouflaged slouch hats were introduced specifically for Operation Thursday.
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Hi Guys,
Saw this one on TV this morning, a new one for me.
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I know this is not badge related but worthy of note , The chap who Wingate is turned towards is wearing a officers private purchase binocular and compass pouch set with a tank holster and pistol ammo pouch on the other side I know it's the private purchase bin case as they came in 3 sizes the one pictured is the small one yes sad i know !!! atb steve
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https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail....=1997-11-112-1

Seems to be camouflaged too - the write up mentions his Sergeant being killed next to him, I have this Sergeants paybook and medals and when researching him I found the images on the NAM page
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Seems to be camouflaged too - the write up mentions his Sergeant being killed next to him, I have this Sergeants paybook and medals and when researching him I found the images on the NAM page
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In WW2 one of the airborne battalions spray painted camo on their jump suits for the jump into Southern France. There's a good picture of it, but I can't find it.



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