{"id":204,"date":"2025-11-13T15:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.militaryarchiveresearch.com\/staging\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:57:16","slug":"reenactment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/militaryarchiveresearch.com\/index.php\/reenactment\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-enactment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For several decades I have been interested in military history and this interest has developed into World War 1 and 2 re-enactment. Re-enactment brings the history of the war years back to life and it helps to appreciate what the soldiers experienced. It requires a huge amount of time spent researching the uniforms, insignia, personal equipment, and the small arms employed by the troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is  a summary of the various uniforms that I present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World War 1 Re-enactment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British Army<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1\/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment whilst serving in Mesopotamia (1916-19). I do this display in remembrance of my Grandfather who served in it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22nd Service Battalion (7th City of Manchester) Manchester Regiment serving in France during 1917. I do this unit to remember a Great Uncle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Flying Corps (generic Sergeant Pilot).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">German Army<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In pre-war \/ early World War 1 the German Army infantry and artillery wore different tunics as the piping colors and the cuff designs varied. However, as the war progressed a &#8220;standard&#8221; tunic was introduced and most states followed the Prussian example but Bavaria brought out a slightly different &#8220;standard&#8221; tunic. The concept behind the &#8220;standard&#8221; tunic was that all Branches of Service wore the same design and only slight insignia changes were involved. This helped to simplify the range of uniforms, insignia, headwear etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The (insignia) differences between most of the following units that I portray are basically just different shoulder straps with the appropriate headwear and belt buckle depending upon the State (Prussian \/ Bavarian \/ Wurttemberg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prussian Units<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Infantry Regiment No 28 &#8220;von Goeben&#8221; (2nd Rhineland) (Prussian).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infantry Regiment No 72 (4th Thuringian) (Prussian).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Rheinisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr 27 (Trier) (2<sup>nd<\/sup> Rhineland Pioneer Battalion No 27 (Trier)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Field Artillery School (on Staff)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bavarian Infantry Regiments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bavarian Life Infantry Regiment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment &#8220;Crown Prince&#8221; (Bavarian).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wurttemberg Artillery Regiments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Field Artillery Regiment &#8220;Prinz Regent Luitpold von Bayern&#8221; (2 Wurttemburgisches) No. 29 (Wurttemberg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wurttemburg Field Artillery (Generic insignia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World War 2 Re-enactment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British Army<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment serving in the Far East.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment (serving in Malta \/ North Africa \/ Sicily \/ Italy). This is a tropical uniform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12th Battalion Devonshire Regiment serving in North West Europe 1943-45.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Devonshire Home Guard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">German Army (Heer) and Air Force (Luftwaffe)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Please note that I present these uniforms etc. for historical purposes only and that I do not subscribe to the politics. I am just interested in the history of this period.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An Army Generalmajor (equivalent to a British Brigadier during WW2).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Army Major in the Infantry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Army Major attached to the Feldjagerkorps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Army Major in the Panzergrenadiers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Afrikakorps Sergeant in the Panzergrenadiers (tropical uniform).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Air Force Major serving in the Flak Divisions (Continental and Tropical uniforms)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Air Force Major attached to the Feldjagerkorps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soviet Red Army, Red Navy Infantry and NKVD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two types of Soviet Red Army uniforms that I present. Both are for Junior Lieutenants in the Engineering Branch. One is for an Independent (&#8220;unattached&#8221;) Engineering Unit and the other is for an Engineering Unit attached or organic to an Infantry Division (termed &#8220;attached&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1935 Officers&#8217; Gimnasterka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1943 Officers&#8217; Gimnasterka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1943 Officers&#8217; Summer Gimnasterka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1943 Officers&#8217; Service Dress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Soviet Naval Infantry uses the 1935 \/ 1943 Red Army Infantry (&#8220;attached&#8221;) uniform but with a navy blue striped Telnyashka worn underneath or without the Gimnasterka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The NKVD&#8217;s officers used the same breeches as the Red Army. The 1943 Officers&#8217; Gimnasterka tunics were slightly different to those for the Army and the 1943 Officers&#8217; Service Dress only differed in the shoulder boards \/ piping colour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a way World War 2 for the Imperial Japanese Army started in the early 1930s when they invaded China and created the Puppet State of Manchukuo. They used the Last Emperor of China as the leader of the new &#8220;country&#8221;. Later, the Japanese expanded the areas of China that they had invaded and there was some &#8220;border&#8221; wars (battles) with the Soviets. Eventually, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, Malaya, Hong Kong etc. and this drew the UK and USA into the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Imperial Japanese Army dispensed with Branch of Service insignia (infantry, medical, engineering, signals badges etc.) and often the only insignia worn was those for ranks. All the following are badged for a Colonel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>T3 Wool tunic for temperate weather. This is the later style of tunic as the rank insignia is just on the collar rather than the collar and shoulders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Officers&#8217; Tropical shirt and shorts uniform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Officers&#8217; Tropical shirt, tunic and breeches in cotton and gabardine. The latter (gabardine) is more of a Dress Uniform. It was worn by the Commanding Officer in the film &#8220;Bridge on the River Kwai&#8221;. However, he wore a white solar (pith) helmet but I can&#8217;t find any proof that a white solar helmet was used during the war so I use a khaki one instead!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several decades I have been interested in military history and this interest has developed into World War 1 and 2 re-enactment. Re-enactment brings the history of the war years back to life and it helps to appreciate what the soldiers experienced. 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