British Battledress, 1937-61

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Photographs show pockets with and without pleats, and pockets closed with plain black plastic buttons; and blouses with the waistband General Montgomery inspecting airborne troops, 1944. He seems to have substituted the maroon airborne ...

• ISBN bar code 9780850453874 ξ1 registered September 22 2015
  
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In the 1930s the War Office grew increasingly aware of the need for a new and more rational combat dress, and by 1937 the design for what would become known as 'battledress' was complete. Though the change in uniform was initially disappointing to the British soldiers, the new battledress served its purpose well, clothing the servicemen for more than 25 years with reasonable warmth and convenience. Complete with a wealth of photographs, diagrams and colour plates, this book offers a history of British battledress up to 1961, detailing its evolution in design, materials, sizes and applied insignia.

^ Brian Jewell (2014). British Battledress, 1937-61, Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9780850453874 (revised Sep 2020)