Family Military Photo help needed!!!
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Re post #17. 1st Bn in Esquimalt was re-badged to 3PPCLI in 1970. Currie Barracks in Calgary was the Queen's Own Depot/Home Station as well as having a Queen's Own bn stationed there at various times in the 1950s-1960s. When 1PPCLI moved down to Calgary from Hamilton Gault Barracks in Edmonton in 1968/69 it soaked up a lot of the Queen's Own people at Currie.
Re post#16. My last hurrah for the 37 pattern web belt was in 1PPCLI in 1972/73 when the abomination that was the CF Workdress appeared with it's furry airforce baseball cap and all. The CO decided that a more suitable garrison dress would be the OD sweater with epaulletes, bush pants,ankle boots(mercifully no puttees), CF forage cap, and CF green shirt all tied in the middle with a 37 pattern web belt with regimental buckle. I think that lashup lasted for a couple of months before we threw in the towel and started wearing combat.
Re post#16. My last hurrah for the 37 pattern web belt was in 1PPCLI in 1972/73 when the abomination that was the CF Workdress appeared with it's furry airforce baseball cap and all. The CO decided that a more suitable garrison dress would be the OD sweater with epaulletes, bush pants,ankle boots(mercifully no puttees), CF forage cap, and CF green shirt all tied in the middle with a 37 pattern web belt with regimental buckle. I think that lashup lasted for a couple of months before we threw in the towel and started wearing combat.
Pic 2 is P37 battledress and MkII helmets - both came out in 1937 - so I would wager later than that. Webbing is Pattern 08, not Pattern 37 which is odd. Most likely a boot camp pic as they are missing patches and gaiters - and they look quite green as none of them wear their gear the same. If I had to guess I would say 1939 volunteers for the war posing for a pic soon after they were issued their rifles and old style webbing. New webbing, gaiters, patches and rifles were issued when they graduated and assigned units. Just an educated guess.
1st and 3rd pic are of sailors which I am not familiar with, but all have P08 webbing as well.
What I find strange is all the SMLE's pictured have sling swivels attached. I thought they were removed after being declared obsolescant in 1914. Perhaps they were put back on for training so they could stack their rifles?
1st and 3rd pic are of sailors which I am not familiar with, but all have P08 webbing as well.
What I find strange is all the SMLE's pictured have sling swivels attached. I thought they were removed after being declared obsolescant in 1914. Perhaps they were put back on for training so they could stack their rifles?
The stacking swivel was replaced by a narrower one, not left off entirely. The No.1 Mk.V and Mk.VI rifles both had stacking swivels, so did the trials No.4. I would have to agree that pic two shows new recruits. Why else would they have no bolts in their rifles?
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Great photos!
If I had to guess, I'd say either between WW1 and WW2, possibly early in WW2. Location is probably somewhere in the pacific colonies, possibly Hong Kong.
The building on the background of the last picture looks familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
The building on the background of the last picture looks familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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SMLE rifles, MkII helmets, P'08 webbed gear and pattern 37 battle dress all indicate pre WW2 or very early WW2 period. My guess is 1937 - 39. When battle was first introduced it was not to be worn with colored unit titles or any other identifying patches other than unit slip-ons on the epaulettes. It was not until circa 1940 that unit shoulder titles were finally being approved. The first photo is more difficult to determine vintage as I am not familiar with navy uniforms and the rifles and webbing were used in WW1 and there are no indicators to me that it is later. I am only guessing that the first photo is from the same time period as the others.
