The sartorial elegance of the British officer on campaign

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  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    von Poop, Dec 10, 2013
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  2. Andreas

    Andreas Working on two books

    Fourth from the left, kneeling on the ground, looks like a typical Eton graduate.

    All the best

    Andreas
     
    Andreas, Dec 10, 2013
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  3. ImOhShep

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    ImOhShep, Oct 5, 2014
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  4. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I'm not really sure where this belongs. We don't seem to have an officer's private purchase thread.

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    Rich Payne, May 2, 2016
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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    It could have easily gone in the pith helmets thread, but no vehicle.
    British Indian army?
    All the key boxes ticked: Pith, cane, magnificently deployed shorts and puttees etc., and I'm hoping that bulge in the pocket is a massive and casually carried revolver... Or maybe even some filthy postcards.
    Remarkable.

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    von Poop, Oct 25, 2016
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  6. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    ...although shame about all those creases in the shorts, old boy.
     
    SDP, Oct 25, 2016
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  7. Sheldrake

    Sheldrake All over the place....

    The tradition continued into the 1980s. The red/blue side hats were worn by some units in WW2, as per the CBO office in Tunisia with the RAF Officer in shorts.
     

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  8. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    Officer's pullovers in the Middle East. Even then they couldn't agree on pocket flaps !
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    Rich Payne, Jan 29, 2018
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  9. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Thought this might qualify.......
    Loopy escorting Churchill (from Loopy's memoirs)
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    Ron Goldstein, Jan 30, 2018
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  10. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Searle:

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    von Poop, Mar 19, 2020
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  11. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    Not truly 'on campaign'...Scotland I believe. Not completely elegant either.

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    Rich Payne, Jul 1, 2020
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  12. Sheldrake

    Sheldrake All over the place....

    Sorry my attention was distracted by Pip Roberts on the right in outsize beret and shorts!
     
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  13. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    From "WEARY, The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop of The Burma-Thailand Railway" by Sue Ebury, published 1994.

    A couple of photos from before the dark days (many of those he saved would call them his greatest days)

    Always remember, never forget,

    Jim.

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