Checklist for 42^nd Battalion RHC, CEF

Uniform.

Shrapnel Helmet Mk. I and Variations, Painted

Tam’O Shanter w/ Red Hackle

Jacket - Service Dress Pattern, Highland Cut

Kilt – Black Watch Tartan

Kilt Cover – Khaki Cotton/Linen – Full Wrap

Shirt – British Issue 3 Button Greyback or Canadian Issue 4 Button Drab Flannel Shirt

Hose Tops - Khaki

Puttees – Full Length

Socks – Grey Army Issue

Boots – Brown Rough or Smooth Out or Black Pebbled Grain GS Boots. No Toecaps. Hobnailed and with Heal Irons.

Equipment

Pattern 1908 Webbing Equipment

General Service Waterbottle Carrier (Pattern 1903 Variant.)

Canteen – Blue Enameled with woolen cover. X2

Mess Tin – British Pattern 1908 – with eating utensils

Small Box Respirator

Ground Sheet (Not Rain Cape)

Steel Issue Drinking Mug or White Enameled Drinking Mug.

Armament

No.1 Mk III or No.1 Mk III* Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle.

Pattern 1907 Bayonet

Cleaning Kit consisting of Pull Through, Flannel Cleaning Patches, etc.

Brass Oiler

Breech Cover

Insignia

Hackle – Black Watch for Tam O’ Shanter

C42 Collar Devices

RHC Epulatte Titles

3^rd Division and 7^th Brigade Cloth Formation Patches for Tunic