I'm pretty sure you'd both need Sgts stripes too. I think every GP was at least a Sgt. I could be wrong on that but i think it was a bit like every ...

You'd also needs SGTs stripes, i'm pretty sure it was default rank in the GPR in much the same way MPs start at lance jacks to 'ahem' give them some c...

I bloody love my jackboots, so comfy. If it wasnt for the fact they make you look like a total neo nazi i'd wear them all the time, i do take advanta...

Rough isnt it? Before I had spinal surgery i cut out alcohol, caffeine, overly processsed foods, sugar and chocolate from my diet and while it was ...

Today i recived in the post some WWII British rank 'stars/pips'. A present from a bloke i know who served in the western desert in wwii.

Yeah, good stuff lads. I mean each to their own but it always seemed bloody expensive for not much return to me.... but after having a bit of a drink...

Normal staffords cap badges are bi-metal aren't they?

I had a late present.... and my fave so far a 1915 sword bayonet thats been in my family for a very long time and my uncle wanted me to have. I ...

Today I had a rather emotional reunion with my father brother and his wife Not seen them since dad died about 20 years ago, anyway Uncle Alan was a D...

Thats cracking chap. If you've got a spare staffords cap badge and you're doing officer they look good 'bronzed' (officers cap badges were supposed t...

Well the new plan is to have kit in bergan or holdalls, 'crash bag' style so i can think 'cold war brit, yep just grab that bag then..' rather that me...

Actually I took some pics of the war room to show what utter chaos its in at the mo and what a nightmare it is tying to keep it sorted. The seemingly...

I've only just started re sorting the 'war room' Its pretty much crammed with kit from 1908 to 1988. I'd take some pics but most of its bagged up ...

As a rule of thumb the normandy first and second wave assault divisions were issued MKIIIs while in training, casualty replacements joining them were ...

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Excellent stuff mate! Thats awesome to see. (you probably have done already but I tend to get two copies of anything the group does s one always goe...