Sorry chaps ! Re: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/general/48342-sartorial-elegance-british-officer-campaign.html Just got fed up with seeing this other thread title and thought "What about the other ranks ? Ron
Good idea Ron, although I don't have any photos of Dad that fit this category. (8th Army REME gear was neither sartorial or elegant )
Walter Rendell in the Legion of the Frontiersmen Uniform, Sept.1914 Strangely-garbed recruit for the Newfoundland Regiment Source:The Rooms Provincial Archives Division,St. John's, NL.
Hmmm The uniforms and paraphernalia and Legion of Frontiersmen have exercised a fascination down the years, particularly for the would be soldier. https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/legion-of-frontiersmen.23866/
Interesting mix of cavalrymen looks (courtesy of the other-side-of-the-border neighbours?) with a touch of Empire elegance.
