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BRITISH SOLDIER’S UNIFORM. LIGHTENING TOMMY’S LOAD. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 8, 11.50 a.m.) London, June 7. The “Daily Telegraph” says that farreaching reforms in British soldiers’ clothing and equipment, designed to lighten the load carried and to permit of freer movement, are being considered. The most startling recommendation is to replace the present field service cap by a wide-brimmed felt, preferably smaller than the New Zealand or South African pattern, while the steel helmets are to be stored and only re-issued if trench warfare again arises. J he tight-fitting jacket is condemned and it is proposed that it should be replaced by the Norfolk type of jacket with box pleats at the back and with no metal buttons or titles. An open necked khaki cricket shirt would be worn and the trousers replaced by knickerbockers of a modified plus fourtype,”.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 148, 8 June 1932, Page 7
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143DRESS REFORM Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 148, 8 June 1932, Page 7
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