Combat and dress uniform of British and Commonwealth armed forces during WWII and early Cold War
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A Warrant Officer and Non-commissioned officers of the Bermuda Militia Artillery wear Battledress at the Examination Battery, St. David's, Bermuda, c. 1944.
Battledress (BD),[1] later named the No. 5 Uniform,[2] was the combat uniform worn by British Commonwealth and Imperial forces through the Second World War.
Battledress was introduced into the British Army just before the start of the war and worn until the 1960s. Other nations introduced their own variants of battledress during the war, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States and after the Second World War, including Argentina, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, and Greece.
It was worn mostly but not exclusively in temperate climates. In some armies it continued in use into the 1970s. During the Second World War and thereafter this uniform was also used for formal parades (including mounting the guard at Buckingham Palace) until the re-introduction of separate parade uniforms in the late 1950s.
^Jewell, Brian (1992). MAA-112 British Battledress 1937-61 Osprey Press ISBN 0-85045-387-9
^Smith, Major D.G. (1977). MAA-71 The British Army 1965-1980 Osprey Press
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