Really dumb question on slings

[Mk VII]

a school JTC, exhibiting some variations

[browningautorifle]

So...this pic would be just before WW2? And the young fella's are wearing WW1 uniforms? Except the Cpl...or what?

[gc1054]

Wrt the brass sling hardware....seems that somewhat subdued and hidden if possible would be best. No need to provide a shiny reflecting target while at sling arms on march or patrol. So...brass in and un-shined if in the field. Get your parade sling & kit out if in the barracks and Brasso away. But....keep an old sling with your field pack or bag

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Think these lads in the photo are cadets. The rifles are taller than the middle pair

[browningautorifle]

a school JTC

Think these lads in the photo are cadets

That's what I understood. I was just trying to find out what they wore as a matter of fact...if we still know that is.

[Mk VII]

Some time in WW2. It was common for school cadet corps to wear these obsolete uniforms; the older boy has got the then-current battledress and was apparently old enough to be in the Home Guard.

[gew8805]

And the Home Guard corporal does seem to have the top buckle on the outside but the bottom buckle inside. Hmmmm.......

Or am I just looking too hard?

[gsimmons]

I see it to, but it's probably just an optical delusion.

[Peter Laidler]

The unifoms that they're wearing are what we used to call SD's which I think, stood for Service Dress. When I was an apprentice, the regular Army were still wearing the old BD's, - Battle Dress (as indeed were we, while I was in my school Cadet Force) and as apprentices, we wore these old SD uniforms. Most were open neck but a good 20% or so were still close neck variants. We also had those dopey 'CAPS, SD Stiff' for best, just to make us look stupid and the usual berets for everyday. Great period photo

[browningautorifle]

And the Home Guard corporal does seem to have the top buckle on the outside but the bottom buckle inside

You are correct...

Thanks Peter, I was thinking you may have a handle on this because of your early days. And when you enlisted, Centurion was a rank, not a tank...