#british army

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Members of 11th (Service) Battalion The Border Regiment, also known as the 'Lonsdales', rest during a break in the Somme fighting. The Border Regiment raised 13 battalions during the war in addition to its three regular and reserve battalions.

[nocternalrandomness]

Kit layout of a British Lance Corporal Paratrooper during the WW2 "Operation Market Garden" in September 1944

(Photograph from Thom Atkinson’s "Soldiers' Inventories")

[fantastictyphoonpeanut]

Private of the 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment at the Tower of London 1889 wearing an experimental White Foreign-Service-type helmet by Hawkes & Co. it was not liked and was not adopted by the British Army but a similar version was taken into use by the Royal Marines in 1905.

He wears the 1881 pattern tunice and 1882 pattern belt and pouch, and carries the Martini-Henry rifle with the very long triangular bayonet. (FTP)

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1968. 37 Webbing and 'ammo' boots still being worn by there part-time soldiers. Officer on the left is wearing Commando boots. (FTP)

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British soldiers training 1985/6 still with SLR rifle but new MK.6 ballistic nylon helmet. (FTP)

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70s Cool: Recruits from the Royal Scots, Argyll & Suthertland and Gordon Highlanders on the range at The Scottish Division Infantry training depot wearing Tam O' Shanter bonnets, 'wooley pulleys' 58 webbing, DPM trousers and note the 37 web anklets worn by all recruits at the depot. (FTP)

[definitelyameatbag]

Learning to draw, this is General William Slim

[herprivateswe]

Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) commanded ANZAC during the Gallipoli disaster. Detailed maps of the battle zone.