Royal army ordnance corps Officers WW11 service dress tunic. The medal ribbons are starting in the top left corner....39-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star the bottom row left is a faded out Defence Medal(the white should be green, British War Medal. The numeral '1' on the Africa Star ribbon denotes service with the 1st British Army between 23 Oct 1942 and 23 May 1943.

Battle dress became general issue in 1938 replacing service dress although it took until spring 1940 to achieve this and with several marks and variations lasted till the late 50s. Britain produced Five marks of battle dress over the years. battle dress serge and patterns 40, 46, 47, 49' There was also an American pattern plus Canadian. Other commonwealth countries also made battle dress which were all used by the British army. The one below is an Australian made Battle dress blouse dated 1943 it seems to be a copy of the first British pattern battle dress serge.

Olive drab war aid battle dress trousers dated 1943. Made in the USA and supplied as part of the lend-lease agreement, They have five pockets, standard field dressing pocket to the front, two side pockets and a buttoned down pocket at the back plus map pocket on the leg.

Pattern 40 Battle dress. Known as the austerity pattern it was made to save on time and materials and became general issue in june1941 unlike the battle dress serge all the buttons were exposed and the pocket pleats disappeared and by January 1943 only one inside pocket .

Pattern 40 trousers austerity pattern which don't feature belt loops, covered buttons to the pockets or tabs to the bottom of the legs. No date tag but that is not unusual as the tags were on the outside of the waist band and the troops tended to rip them off.

Ankle/Ammunition boots dated 1945. Size 8 small made by A & W Arnold LTD. In good condition except for the metal cleats and hobnails on the soles which have worn down or been replaced over time, originally they would have had horseshoes cleats on the heels.

RAF battle dress Blouse dated 1947 with Kings crown buttons. Battle dress was first introduced in the RAF in 1942 This style of battle dress was introduced in 1947 it is similar to the army pattern 47 battle dress the differences are, the half belt at the bottom is fastened by a hook and bar system rather than a buckle and has a shaped cuff pointed at the upper edge with no button hole. Its seen better days unfortunately.

Pattern 49 Lieutenant Colonels REME Battledress dated 1949. The flash on this next Battledress denoted anyone who belonged to the headquartercompany of the permanent staff in any regiment or corps in training Battalions in the UK thanks to Jim Wilberforce for this information. The third picture shows a p49 royal armoured corps privets blouse.

RAF regiment battle dress Blouse No 2 home dress dated 1953 with Kings crown buttons. This style of battle dress was introduced in 1949 the differences from the previous pattern are different style of collar, no central back seam and no button hole in the collar, plus this one has a lining. .