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  • #46
    Original helmet colour was more grey than green.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #47
      You gotta love the jodhpurs. Cutting-edge battledress...Not! Let's wear a light-coloured pair of pants in combat. Quartermaster, load the trucks with Omo, we are going into action. Have we enough clean jocks? Have we canvas tilts for the trucks in case it rains? Nah, who cares?! We look cool and that's all that matters.

      regards
      GttC

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      • #48
        Well done Archives. Great Stuff!

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        • #49
          The GoH under the reviewing stand was provided by the Local LDF unit (which became B Coy 23rd Bn, and later an element of 34RIB). The experience of those in the GoH is detailed in the book "Bullswool Batallions". The main advice given was not to look at the wheels of the trucks as they passed by. If you did, falling down followed soon after.

          Interesting also to see the "Prams" being pushed.


          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
            You gotta love the jodhpurs. Cutting-edge battledress...Not! Let's wear a light-coloured pair of pants in combat. Quartermaster, load the trucks with Omo, we are going into action. Have we enough clean jocks? Have we canvas tilts for the trucks in case it rains? Nah, who cares?! We look cool and that's all that matters.
            regards.cGttC
            In fairness I am sure that this battledress was not selected by chioce. You work with what you have and aspire to better. Remember we did not get combat uniforms until 1972. Prior to that border patrols, check points etc. were carried out in Sam Brownes, SD 1's etc. At the risk of using undiplomatic language I will say no more!

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            • #51
              To be fair, during the Emergency we were dressed the same as most other European armies, and armed with the same weapons, as finance allowed.


              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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              • #52
                Ah, i know, but jodhpurs?

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                  Ah, i know, but jodhpurs?
                  Patton.


                  Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                    Patton.
                    Wainwright.

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                    • #55
                      Ah, i know, but jodhpurs
                      Shh! or RDFRA might get them along with sam brownes and swords!
                      Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                      • #56
                        It always struck me as strange that were everything including material was in short supply jodhpurs were issued.

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                        • #57
                          Knowing the way we done things, They were possibly left over in stores from the British army times. Of all the shortages, uniforms was never one of them, and there were many irish based companies providing uniforms to the BA and others. There was a famous outfitters in limerick that were known for specialising in uniforms.
                          There was never, in ireland, a shortage of linen or wool.


                          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                          • #58
                            Jodhpurs, though, of all things. apart from the obvious thing of seperating ranks, taking light coloured pants out into combat smacks of the French in their light-blue in WW 1. I can just imagine a sniper having a field day picking off the guys in the white pants. It seems like the concept of a battle uniform hadn't reached the upper echelons of the Army, despite it being the fourth year of a global war.
                            regards
                            GttC

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                              Jodhpurs, though, of all things. apart from the obvious thing of seperating ranks, taking light coloured pants out into combat smacks of the French in their light-blue in WW 1. I can just imagine a sniper having a field day picking off the guys in the white pants. It seems like the concept of a battle uniform hadn't reached the upper echelons of the Army, despite it being the fourth year of a global war.
                              regards
                              GttC
                              Breeches were worn by all ranks when wearing leggings and not just by officers. On the ground all ranks wore the same uniform regardless of rank.

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                              • #60
                                Irish officers wore light coloured leggings or jodhpurs in the fine tradition of French officers like General Murat who wore them to draw enemy fire. True story.

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