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Old 05-12-21, 21:14
Bruce MacMillan Bruce MacMillan is offline
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Originally Posted by David Dunlop View Post
You are right, the events one can take advantage of these days are few. Bigger consideration for me, is my reenactment days are long gone, unless there is a Home Guard group hiding somewhere I do not know of. Not sure they make Pattern 37 belts in my size. I now have a new and growing appreciation for suspenders. I even wonder if the Home Guard even used wireless. Hhmmm?

David
I'm sure they can find something in your size
https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/shop-r...-army.html?p=1

As to wireless it was probably a mixture of whatever they could get. In the beginning the Home Guard was at the bottom of the food chain. They were even issued with pike poles. I do have one document from the UK War Office in 1944 stating the Guard was issued with the Canadian WS58.
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