Info on Medic bag (?) E+A Dept GHQ MEF 1940 marked

[Quentin P.]

Hello, found this bag on a flea market and I'm looking for some info on it.

It is marked M.E.C. 1940 on the inside with broad arrow.
Written with name and E+A Dept, GHQ MEF.

GHQ = General Headquarters (?)
MEF = Middle East Forces (?) sounds strange to me, to find this here...

Is this medical usage?

Information would be appreciated! Thank you for looking

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[peter monahan]

I'm not sure what 'E and A Dept' means, but I don't think it's medical. It wopuld at the least have a red cross and probably 'RAMC' if it were. The only 'Dept' in the Brtish Army is the Chaplain's Dept., so 'E and A' may be a local abbreviation for, perhaps, Evaluation and analysis or soemthing like it.

I'd say its a modified - corners of flap stitched down - small pack, used by the officer for... whatever. personal kit and or maps, messages, etc. The name is not rare, but with the rank and the two initials you may be able to ace the man and solve the puzzle that way.

My tuppecne worth
Peter

[Marc Sherriff]

It is a standard 1937 Pattern Webbing, Officers Haversack.

Marc

[Quentin P.]

Thank you for the replay guys!

[peter monahan]

It is a standard 1937 Pattern Webbing, Officers Haversack.

Marc

Marc

Did they all have the corners of the top flap stitched down like that, or is it an individual mod?

Peter

[Marc Sherriff]

Marc

Did they all have the corners of the top flap stitched down like that, or is it an individual mod?

Peter

It is as issued.

Marc

[peter monahan]

Thanks, Marc. I've long ago forgotten anything I may have known about WWII kit!