APPENDIX 'E'

(a) Kit carried by personnel

Rifle
smock
Equipment
Haversack
Respirator
Entrenching Tool
Water Bottle
Bayonet
One 36 Granade
Two 77 Grenades
Two Bren Magazines
Gas Cape (under Haversack)
Respirator slung on right shoulder

Toggle Rope
Two Bandoliers at 50 rounds
Face Veil (inner right smock pocket)
Lifebelt
Six 1 1/2" Nails (trousers pockets)
Field Dressing (normal place)
Shell Dressing (right lower smock pocket)
Water Sterilising Outfit (top right smock pocket)
Clasp Knife (top left smock pocket)
Gloves.

Haversack:-

Towel
Socks
Mess Tin
Housewife
Beret
Holdall
Dubbin & Brush

Shirt (optional)
Laces
Two 24 hr packs, Tommy cooker and tablets.
Emergency ration & tin preserved meat.
Washing Kit.

(b) Kit carried in packs.

Spare Boots
Change of Underwear
2 Pair Socks
Cardigan
Soap

Shirt
Towel
Groundsheet
Hairbrush
Book

Denims
Bootbrush
Dubbin
Writing Kit
Spare space at owners disposal.

(c) Contents of NAAFI Packs.

Cigarettes, Players 10s 4200
Tobacco, Capstan N/C 2 1/4-Ib tins
" Players Navy Mixture 1 1/4-ib tin
Matches, book 6 books
Razor blades 90
Letter Cards 300
Toothpaste, Tubes 10
Shaving Soap, Sticks 12
Toilet Soap 3-oz
Tablets 48
Boot laces 12 Pairs.


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