Med, yes... NWE not so much.
Still worn in Europe in summer occasionally.
Fair few pics from Normandy, 'Goodwood' and Caen of lads in denims as it was so hot.
Not common but not unrealistic
Also commandos on the Dieppe raid wore denim trousers and BD blouses.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Your size will be unimportant if you get a suit made. http://www.replicaters.com will do a made to measure khaki denm Bd set for about £60 posted. I have their sas wwii suit and its excellent.
At the risk of being a stitch counter, their 'sas suit' is a bit of misconception.
The camouflaged suit was actually issued to regular infantry from 1943 onwards, for some strange reason its become known as an 'sas smock' or suit when every bugger got one.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Sounds good to me.
I dont have the pic of the commando raiders to hand but the photo was made in to an illustration in an osprey colour plate.
Its in the men at arms series 'British Army 1939 - 45 North West Europe' title, third or fourth plate i think.
hang on found the illustration...
http://www.cyberpreview.com.br/2Guerra/ ... DIEPPE.jpg
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I've never seen tan denims, only ever seen them in green or bluey/lagoon-gray.
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They were tan... almost the same colour as the BD, early war. I'm not sure when the green stuff started to appear.
No idea when the swap over was. I'm pretty sure no distinction was made for shade though.
As they were working dress i think a pair of denims was a pair of denims and the colour irrelevant to the army.
Safer to go for green i reckon.
I think the home guard got brown ones as part of their ealry war issue.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
the denims -like battledress itself were made by a variety of contractors and their standards did differ as did their colour of cloths. Also the laundries would effect the colour too-add some bleach and see what happens to any cloth...water hardness and other environmental effects also affected the colouration of the fabrics...lifes never simple...
