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The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.
Beginning with the arrival of large number of Kitchener's Army troops in 1915, and widespread after the Battle of the Somme of 1916, each battalion of a division would have a particular sign of a distinctive coloured cloth patch, either sewn to the uniform jacket (on the sleeves, or the back of the tunic), or painted on the helmet. [1]
A private of the 69th Regiment of Foot in about 1880, wearing the home service uniform worn until 1902. Members of the Corps of Guides in early khaki uniforms. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the bright red tunics worn by British infantry regiments had proved to be a liability, especially when during the First Boer War they had been faced by enemies armed with rifles firing ...
Soldier's kit locker containing general-issue uniform (Army Air Corps). The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). [1] Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier ...
Consisting of relatively simple shapes and colours they were introduced by Kitchener's Army troops in 1915 and could follow a divisional or brigade scheme or be based on the regimental colours or insignia. They were worn on the sleeves, the back of the tunic or painted on the helmet. [1] (Examples: 23rd Division and 50th (Northumbrian) Division.)
The 10th Kuban Cavalry Division's 55th 'Narva' Cavalry Regiment had a uniform which varied from Vatman's Brigade only in having white piping, tunic cords, and metal fittings as well as a yellow cap band which had all originally belonged to the 13th Narvsky Hussar regiment.
41st Brigade (41st Bde) was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. It was formed in August 1914 as part of the New Army, also known as Kitchener's Army , and was assigned to the 14th (Light) Division , serving on the Western Front .
Royal Hampshire Regiment; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) Royal Leicestershire Regiment; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; Royal Munster Fusiliers; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Royal Northumberland Fusiliers; Royal Scots; Royal Scots Fusiliers; Royal Sussex Regiment; Royal Ulster Rifles; Royal ...