Battledress of a Major of the Royal Ulster Rifles, 1944

1940 Pattern Battledress Blouse, dated 1944, belonging to a Major of the Irish Regiment Royal Ulster Rifles.

Made of brown serge wool, it retains all its buttons, which bear the Royal Ulster Rifles insignia. Rifle regiments (British and Irish) commonly replaced the standard buttons of the Battledress Blouse with their own black regimental-pattern buttons.

Sergeant Major rank insignia in bullion thread on red backing are sewn onto the epaulettes.

The interior is lined with beige cotton fabric.

It includes the manufacturer’s label: S Simpson Ltd, dated 1944. Size 12.

Condition: Wear around the collar, a few discreet moth traces. Overall in good condition.

The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles landed in Normandy at noon of June 6, 1944, on Sword Beach (Queen Red sector), west of Ouistreham.

The 1st Battalion landed by glider in the evening, at Landing Zone N near Ranville, and was deployed to extend the southern sector of the bridgehead.