The Battle Dress
The British uniform during WW2
One of the area's of my collection is the WW2 battle dresses.
Besides my main focus for 51st, this area goes a little further. These all are related to the liberation of the area where I live.
The focus is on original mounted battle dresses and even better named and documented. But this is near impossible to find. Only a few of these are put together for display purposed and marked with a * for notification.
51st Highland Division
2nd Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Rare silk woven formation signs.
5th Seaforth Highlanders
5th Cameron Highlanders
5th Cameron Highlanders
5th Black Watch Royal Highlanders
Note the different materials used in the battledress.
1st Gordon Highlanders
Both blouses from same person
1st Gordon Highlanders
5/7th Gordon Highlanders
Part of complete uniform set from Captain James Watson Murray. Was attached to the 5/7th Gordons from 1941 until januari 1945 when transfered as an instructor for the 2nd London Scottish in the 48th South Midlands.
1st Gordon Highlanders
Rare late war formation signs
5/7th Gordon Highlanders *
5/7th Gordon Highlanders
Pending research
7th Black Watch Highlanders
Strange for arm of service and oilcloth formation sign.
7th Black Watch Royal Highlanders
7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps
1/7th Middlesex Regiment
128th Field Regiment - Royal Artillery
61st Anti-Tank - Royal Arillery
276th Field Company - Royal Engineers
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Army Ordonance Corps
174th Field Ambulance - Royal Army Medical Corps
51st Divisional Signals - Royal Signals
51st Divisional Signals - Royal Signals
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Attached to the Scottish Command
Research pending.
1st Northmamptonshire Yeomanry
33rd Armoured Brigade attached to the 51st
53rd Welsh Division
4th Royal Welch Fusileers
with ducktails in the neck.
1st Oxf. & Bucks.
Attached to Divisional Headquarters
1st Oxf. & Bucks
1st Highland Light Infantry
1st East Lancashire Regiment
Research Pending
1/5th Welch Regiment
4th 'Sospan' The Welch Regiment
4th 'Sospan' The Welch Regiment
133rd Field Regiment - Royal Artillery
81st Field Regiment - Royal Artillery
Including all info and other uniform parts from same person.
53rd Divisional Signals - Royal Signals
31st Tank Brigade - Royal Armoured Corps
Extremely rare battledress as the 31st Tank Brigade was only with the Welsh Division for a few months as part of an 'mixed brigade' experiment.
15th Scottish Division
2nd Glasgow Highlanders
2nd Gordon Highlanders
2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Research Pending
15th reconnaissance Regiment
97th Anti Tank Royal Artillery
1st Middlesex Regiment
Intelligence Corps
227th Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Royal Army Service Corps
49th West Riding Infantry Division
2nd Gloucestershire Regiment
Royal Army Service Corps
3rd Infantry Division
1st Royal Norfolk Regiment
1st South Lancashire Regiment
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Kings Own Scottish Borderes Regiment
2nd King's shropshire Light Infantry
No longer in my personal collection due to a trade.
52nd Lowland Division
The Royal Scots
79th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
Airborne Division
3rd Parachute Batt. - 1st Airborne Division
Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery
7th Armoured Division
1/5th Queen's Royal Regiment
58th Armoured Brigade Company R.A.S.C.
Corps of Military Police*
11th Armoured Division
15/19th King's Royal Hussars
15/19th King's Royal Hussars
151st Ayrshire Yeomanry - Royal Artillery
Royal Army Medical Corps
Armoured Divisional Signals - Royal Signals
King's Shropshire Light Infantry*
79th Armoured Division
Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps
Research Pending
Royal Engineers - AVRE
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Royal Army Ordonance Corps
4th Armoured Brigade
44th Royal Tank Regiment
44th Royal Tank Regiment
44th Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Scots Greys
HQ & Corps Troops
2nd Household Cavalry - reconnaissance
8th Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
8th Corps
Royal Engineers
8th Corps
Pioneer Corps
12th Corps
Royal Engineers
21st Army Group
Pioneer Corps
21st Army Group
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
21st Army Group
The Royal Fusiliers - 21st Army HQ
Army Educational Corps
Army Education Corps
Intelligence Corps
46 Royal Marine Commando
