Battledress (BD), later named the No. 5 Uniform, was the combat uniform worn by British Commonwealth and Imperial forces through the Second World War...

A combat uniform, also called field uniform, battledress or military fatigues, is a casual type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public...

Retrieved 16 December 2020. "British soldiers in France in 1939(in WW2) wearing service dress". Jewell, Brian (1981). British Battledress, 1937-61. Men At Arms...

Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. p. 236. Jewell, Brian (26 March 1981). British Battledress 1937–61. Osprey Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9780850453874. Morris, Pauline...

tunic continued as a field uniform until the introduction of British Battledress in 1938; the tunic continues to be worn for formal and ceremonial occasions...

introduced the M44 pattern uniform. Similar in appearance to the British Battledress or the related US "Ike" jacket, the M44 was unlike any other German...

Publishing. pp. 43–47. ISBN 9781472819055. Jewell, Brian (26 March 1981). British Battledress 1937–61. Osprey Publishing. pp. 35–36. ISBN 9780850453874. Horn,...

style stemming from his appreciation of the functionality of the British Battledress jacket. According to Carlo D'Este, citing an eyewitness account by...

War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-85368-078-9. Cole (2), Howard N. (1953). Badges on Battledress, Post-War...

(26 March 1981). British Battledress 1937–61. Osprey Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 9780850453874. Chappell, Mike (1997). Redcaps: Britain's Military Police....