WW2 Royal Navy 5A Working Dress uniform

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Here is a WW2 Royal Navy 5A Working Dress uniform for a RNVR Sub Lieutenant. (not to be confused with Battledress as the Admiralty expressly stated that it was not to be referred to as such!!!!)
The blouse is dated 1944 and the trousers 1945. They are both of a very large size and despite what the labels say there is still a lot of room on this 6’2” mannequin. The deck boots are size 11 and dated 1945 so all in all it would fit a very large man. The cap is well worn and undated but from WW2 (it was discovered in an attic with a WW2 dated blouse which was thrown away by the finder as it had a hole in it!!!), unfortunately it is a little on the small size. He is carrying a pair of Barr and Stroud CF41 7X binoculars. The serial number dates them to 1944.

The trousers are near mint, however, the blouse does have some mothing but for £4.99 I’m not going to complain. The boots only cost £25 as they appeared to have spent most of their post service life as a pair of ice skates.
The shirt and tie are modern. I would be interested to see an original WW2 shirt or tie if anyone has one as I have been unable to find any.

I have shown some wartime images showing the working dress in wear

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Here he is shown with what I believe to be a Royal Navy ‘Sound deafening’ headset/helmet. Basically it is a canvas helmet and the ear pieces are solid and filled with sound deadening material (surprisingly good). I believe that they were used on aircraft carriers, however, I’m willing to be corrected.

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Link to my WW2 ‘officer of the watch’ telescope

WW2 Royal Navy Officer of the Watch Pattern 373 telescope

[Watchdog]

Nice set up

I especially like the Barr & Stroud CF41 binos! They coninued in service use into the '80s.

Regards

Mark

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I’ve got a 1942 dated anti-flash hood. I’m still looking for an appropriate shirt and tie

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I’ve got a pair of 1942 anti-flash gloves to go with the hood