Battledress Royal Artillery - 43rd "Wessex" Infantry Division

Battledress Pattern-40 Royal Artillery 43rd British Manufacturing Division Montague Burton Ltd (Leeds), dated 1945

Readable reception stamp Z corresponding to 1945

Original mounted jacket of a Sergeant Royal Artillery of the 43rd Division

Copy in very good condition, to note some traces of wear

The 43rd Wessex Infantry Division landed in Normandy from June 24, 1944. It was quickly engaged in the toughest fighting in the British sector southwest of Caen, especially in the Odon Valley

At the beginning of July 1944, the Division participated in operations to contain and repel German forces around Cae

His most trying commitment remains the attack and defense of the 112 rating, during Operation Jupiter

This dominant position becomes one of the deadliest battlefields of the Normandy campaign and will be overcome the "Verdun of Normandy" or "Hell" by the British

At the end of July and the beginning of August 1944, the 43rd Wessex took part in Operation Bluecoat, a British offensive intended to support the American breakthrough after Operation Cobra and progressed through the Norman bocage and participated in the capture of Mont-Pinçon

After the breakup of the German front, the Division crossed the Seine at the end of August 1944 and continued its campaign in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany until the end of the conflict

Shoulder width: 17"

Sleeve length: 22"

Total height: 22"