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Title: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: alligator9 on August 04, 2012, 10:10:16 AM

Hello,

  did the British Royal Naval landing parties use the canvas webbing , 1903 bandolier or older equipment ?

  Did they wear puttees ?

 Pat.

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: Plynkes on August 04, 2012, 11:49:02 AM

What do you mean by "Landing Parties" exactly?

Some pics of the Royal Naval Division in Antwerp:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/draft_lens15139331module131872781photo_1289259532royal_naval_division.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/IWasThere-Antwerp-002.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/IWasThere-Antwerp-004.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/IWasThere-Ostend001.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/TPs-Antwerp002.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/TPs-Antwerp003.jpg)




And the RND in and on the way to the Dardanelles:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/royal_naval_div_1792.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/11-RND-attack-Gallipoli.jpg)
(Indistinguishable from Tommies in this pic)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/rm_dardanelles_big.jpg)



And one of an RND chap in an unknown location:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/hattersley_big.jpg)





But I suspect by "Landing Parties" you don't mean the RND. I have little on more traditionally-sized landing parties, but...

In the Zeebrugge and Ostend raids in 1918, the bluejacket storming parties were outfitted in khaki Royal Marine Uniforms (they had trouble with the puttees, which kept unravelling and trailing behind them). I don't know what sort of equipment they had other than that, but I suspect they wore helmets.




Finally these photos show an RN landing party at Batoum (Batumi, Georgia) in 1920.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/1981_335.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/batoum_big.jpg)

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: alligator9 on August 06, 2012, 09:16:10 AM

Thanks  Plynkes ,   great photos , all my questions answered ,

 Pat.

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: zebra55 on August 06, 2012, 09:21:34 AM

Hello,

  very nice photos and illustrations.

 Would officers   ( Antwerp)  have worn their   usual  navy blue uniform or perhaps  khaki ?

  Ken.

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: Plynkes on August 06, 2012, 09:54:44 AM

While the men didn't receive khaki uniforms in time for this campaign (they were bundled off in haste without adequate equipment, though some received khaki greatcoats as protection against the oncoming winter weather), the officers did wear khaki, as you can see in this photo:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/TPs-Antwerp003.jpg)

In later campaigns the men wore khaki too.



The RND included Royal Marines as well as Jack Tars (they are the chaps in the blue army-cut uniforms and red badges). Their officers looked like this:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/RND/RND.jpg)

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: Johnno on August 06, 2012, 10:08:54 AM

Beautiful mini.
Where's he from?

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: joroas on August 06, 2012, 10:38:06 AM

The last figure is not amarine, nor an officer. He is, in fact, a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy Air Service Armoured Car Unit in France 1915.  There is a colour plate of him in the Osprey book on British Air Forces 1914-18.

Title: Re: British Royal Naval landing parties equipment ?
Post by: Plynkes on August 06, 2012, 10:49:19 AM

You are of course correct. In my haste to find an example I boobed there. I do apologise. What a twit! :)

It's a 54mm figure from an outfit called Tommy's War.

http://www.tommyswar.com/#!the-range/vstc3=tw54009 (http://www.tommyswar.com/#!the-range/vstc3=tw54009)