Battledress and webbing of the British Soldier

A soldier wearing the battle dress and full webbing kit

The rear of the soldier shows the small pack, shovel, entrenching tool all held on by the webbing kit.


Front of the webbing showing the 2 front pouches, one for ammunition for the bren team and the other for himself.

The rear of the webbing shown without the small pack, note how it crosses over to connect to the webbing belt.


The bayonet and clasp knife on the left of the soldiers webbing belt

The entrenching tool held over the waist at the back and the water bottle to the right hand hip.


The webbing laid out fully so you can see the pouches, small pack, gas mask bag and entrenching tool.

The shovel was carried behind the smal pack against the soldiers back, sometimes this was replaced by a pick axe.

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