Great Britain Welch Regiment WW2 Slouch hat

[Jerry B]

Maker marked Failsworth Hats Ltd, 1941 dated with an O above the WD arrow mark for 1942, with its original flash for the Welch Regiment, whose 2nd Battalion were in India until 1944 when they were sent to Burma to fight the Japanese until the end of the war. Uncommon to see such an early dated British slouch and also to see one flashed to the Welch.

http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/downloads/E05-02-WelchR-WW2-2ndBattalion.pdf

[Mervyn Mitton]

Very nice example Jerry - and it is nice to see the original flash. Everyone thinks these are Australian in origin - however,

as I'm sure you know, they had their origins in South Africa. Mervyn

[Jerry B]

Very nice example Jerry - and it is nice to see the original flash. Everyone thinks these are Australian in origin - however,

as I'm sure you know, they had their origins in South Africa. Mervyn

Thanks Mervyn. I have 5 Slouch hats in my collection and do as you suggest know something of their history.

An interesting thread from the Victorian wars forum posted recently discussed this very subject.

http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9434&hilit=slouch

[Jerry B]

The WWII history of the 2nd BN the Welch Regiment from their regimental history (as found in the link posted previously).