You'll need to bring this or arrange to borrow the following as a minimum - Display stand kit
GS cap & cap badge
BD unbadged or badged as Hallamshire Battalion (pref badged)
Some form of khaki collarless shirt
37 patternbelt
pair of anklets
Ammo boots
Lightweight ressie bag
Tin mug (white with blue trim or brown both fine)
Mess tins (modern UK forces type fine)
Knife, Fork and Spoon
Thats just for being on the display
Field kit required (if you want to do any patrols etc)
Steel Helmet (MkIII preferred, MKII fine)
Muskerety order webbing (belt, pouches, frog. braces) as minimum, battle order preferred (as musketry but with small pack, water bottle and e-tool)
Personal weapon (this should be a de-ac, replica or airsoft no4 rifle for most people)
Additional stuff you might want to take
face veil /scarf
Putty coloured v neck jumper
cap comforter
greatcoat
leather jerkin
pick axe or spade
tan groundsheet
washing and shaving kit
wool gloves
jack knife
khaki cloth .303 bandoliers for riflemen
denim work fatigues
Stuff that will make your life easier....
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spare socks and underwear
Sleeping bag
camp bed
housewife/sewing kit
boot cleaning kit
wool blanket (brown or grey)
(its March, its relatively high up as an area and it gets bloody cold....)
Note all webbing items should be blancoed, i'm not too fussed if they havnt been blanoced for a while, just no raw webbing
What you *dont* need:
Denisons, maroon berets or any other specifically airborne or commando kit like toggle ropes
Foreign kit of any kind (we're in training and havnt *seen* a german yet, same goes for US)
'spare' guns, you wont need them and its more to look after (no SMLEs or MKV sten either, we can lend appropriate rifles).
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
