British bush or slouch hat

[John C]

Hi,

Here is a new acquisition for my collection. The neat thing is the hat does not have grommets but it has just holes for vents. Please advise what the 2 patches represent on the hat.
Here you go, Robb.
Thanks
JOHN

[John C]

other side

[John C]

Lastly, the sweatband

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi John, the flash (Interlocked rings) is for the 36th Inf. Div.

Some info can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...antry_Division

Nice hat!

Cheers, Ade.

[ROBB]

Yes very nice hat ,I must have missed it first time round .Rob

[leigh kitchen]

From Mike Chappell's "British Battle Insignia (2): 1939 - 45",

A Private of 10th Glosters - the book states that other units of the divisdion wore regimental flashes immediately above the Div sign on the hat - presumably the Glosters thought their back - badge was distinctive enough?

The maroon patch - Royal Army Medical Corps?

[leigh kitchen]

10th Glosters driving past the G.O.C., Major General Festing, January 1945.
The white on red 2682 signifies 72nd Infantry Brigade, to which 10th Glosters belonged.

36 Div was formed in Burma by redesignation of 36 Indian Div, September 1944. Fought at Mandalay & Rangoon Road before the Japanese surrender.
It's infantry units at that time were 2nd Buffs, 1st Devon, 1st Northants, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2nd East Lancs, 6th South Wales Borderers, 10th Glosters, 9th Royal Sussex & "D" Company, 2nd Manchesters (MG).

From the above Mike Chappell "Osprey" book.

[yellow]

This hat is dead right.

36th Inf. Div path was worn on the slouch hats of the 40th Field Regiment RA. On the odd occasion examples do surface where I live.

Steve.

[leigh kitchen]

But with the maroon patch - RAMC?

[yellow]

The examples I have seen to the 40th only have the 36th Inf. Div path and nothing else.

Steve.