Site Development Notes Archive: July 2009 until December 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

30th December 2009 - Added a new Karkee Web Special feature called Soldiers Three: Landi Kotal, 1935.

29th December 2009 - Made some corrections to the Harness, carrying, infantry entry on the Associated Equipment, Slung Over, W.E. Patt. '37 page. Added another original photo of the Patt. '44 Haversack in use to the W.E. Patt. '44 Haversacks and Rucksack page.

28th December 2009 - Karkee Web's First Anniversary! To celebrate we've just uploaded Rog Dennis's latest tour de force - a new section on Web Equipment, Pattern 1944!

26th December 2009 - We've just received our first comments on that web Patt. '14 Intrenching tool carrier.

25th December 2009 - Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas to all from the Karkee Web Team.

24th December 2009 - Loaded photos of what appears to be a Patt. '14 Intrenching tool carrier, but with a web bag! Have a look at the I.E. Patt. '14 Equipment Carrier page, and judge for yourself whether or not it's the real thing. Loaded a very interesting set of Provisional Fitting Instructions, in Italian, for the Italian version of Web Equipment, Pattern 1937.

23rd December 2009 - Loaded the first instalment of a new section on Non-Patterned Equipment. Much more to come - soon!

17th December 2009 - Corrected an error in the write-up for the "Chinese Contract" Browning holster on the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment - Attached page.

14th October 2009 - Added new pictures and text to the W.E. Patt. '37 Pistol and Officers' Accoutrements page, showing another construction variation of the Binocular case, plus its additional use as a specialised Bren Sight Case.

13th October 2009 - Added new pictures of a 1927 dated Patt. '25 Carrier, Magazine, pistol.

7th October 2009 - Received an interesting email and photo that suggests that we've got it backwards on conversion we've just listed, and that it's actually a conversion of a Large Box Respirator Haversack into a Haversack, other services. Based on the photos, this might well be correct. See the pictures and judge for yourself on the W.E. Patt. '08 Haversacks page.

6th October 2009 - Added a new page to the Contributors' Collections section, this one highlighting items from Gus Bryngelson's Collection. One of the things we are working on is a fairly major revision of several sections, in which we are moving some of the things we are now referring to as "Associated" with a particular pattern, even though they are not part of that pattern, to a planned new section on "Non Patterned Webbing". A good example of this is the Haversack, other services. This is specifically NOT Pattern 1908, but because collectors have habitually referred to it as "Mounted Pattern 1908", we currently have it on the Patt. '08 Haversacks page. Eventually it will be relocated to the new section. However, we've just received photos and details of an interesting conversion of a Haversack, o.s., into a gas mask bag, and we don't want to wait to make them available. See the new pics and info on the W.E. Patt. '08 Haversacks page.

5th October 2009 - Still more revised text and new pictures added to Chris Pollendine's page in the Contributors' Collections section. Be sure and scroll right to the bottom for an entire new entry.

4th October 2009 - Revised text and added new pictures to Chris Pollendine's page in the Contributors' Collections section.

2nd October 2009 - Major revision of the section on Web Equipment, Pattern 1913, with new information and pictures documenting its use in South Africa. Added a new page to the Contributors' Collections section, for photos from Chris Pollendine's collection.

28th September 2009 - Added photos and text illustrating the use of the Patt. '08 Pack "rucksack fashion" to the W.E. Patt. '08 Packs page.

26th September 2009 - Added photos from Leigh McCann's Collection to the Contributors' Collections page.

25th September 2009 - Added a newly discovered photo of W.E. Patt. '25 in use in South Africa to the W.E. Patt. '25 Introduction page.

23rd September 2009 - Added a scan of the 1941 Australian issue Fitting Instructions to the W.E. Patt. '37 Fitting Instructions page. Added new colour pics and greatly expanded text to the entry for the Pouches, magazine, Vickers G.O. Gun, listed in the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page.

19th September 2009 - Added pictures and text for a set of first issue Straps, supporting, to the W.E. Patt. '08 Braces and Straps page. Added new pics and updated text for the Pouch, magazine, C.M.T., on the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page. Added additional pics and details to the variant use for the Case, pistol, web, R.A.C. Mk. I, as a shoulder holster to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page. Added a new entry to the W.E. Patt. '08 Carriers, Intrenching Tool page, documenting another variant of this Carrier.

13th September 2009 - Updated text for the Brass fitting on the Short History of Mills Cavalry Webbing page. Added pics and details on an interesting variant use for the Case, pistol, web, R.A.C. Mk. I, as a shoulder holster to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page.

29th August 2009 - Added a 1938 dated example of the aluminium Mess Tin (and associated text) to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page.

15th August 2009 - Added a new section that is intended to display Contributors' Collections. It's empty right now: be the very first to have your treasures on view on Karkee Web! Upgraded the W.E. Patt. '37 Set Displays page by adding photos of the O.R.'s Late War Battle Order and new pictures of an interesting original set of Officers' Equipment. Added missed photo acknowledgements to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over and the W.E. Patt. '37 Officers' and Pistol Accoutrements pages. Added new info to the Carrier, grenade, special section of the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page.

14th August 2009 - Added a new page on Patt. '37 Ersatz Forms to the Web Equipment Pattern 1937 section. This new page discusses Wartime Emergency variations of some Patt. '37 components that were constructed, at least in part, of folded cotton duck instead of webbing.

13th August 2009 - Added a missed photo acknowledgement to the Cotton bandoliers entry on the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page.

12th August 2009 - Updated the text for the Rucksack, top part on the Pattern 1925 Blue-grey Web Equipment - Haversacks and Packs page.

7th August 2009 - Expanded the text and added new information on Map cases to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page, including pictures of a Sealed Pattern example.

2nd August 2009 - Added new pics of a pair of Cartridge carriers to the W.E. Patt. '25 Equipment Carriers page.

31st July 2009 - Added new pics of a Mk. II Cotton bandolier to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page.

26th July 2009 - Added new pics of the Sten bandolier and Cotton web bandoliers to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page.

23rd July 2009 - Added new pics of a 1st issue Case, binocular to the W.E. Patt. '37 Officers' and Pistol Accoutrements page. Modified the Patt. '40 Set Displays page to add new pics and text for the Web Equipment, Cavalry Patt. '40 Set for Officers, now at last photographed on a proper officer's khaki drill tunic. Added pictures of a 1943 dated Pack, W.E. Patt. ‘08 to the W.E. Patt. '37 Packs page.

21st July 2009 - Added a new section on Grenade pouches to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Attached page.

19th July 2009 - Added two additional manufacturing variations to the W.E. Patt. '37 Belts page. Added LoC C7088 to the W.E. Patt. '37 List of Changes page. Added a 3rd (!) variation of the 1939 aluminium Tin, mess to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page. Added a 2nd issue Pistol case to the W.E. Patt. '19 Equipment Carriers page. Added an interesting sealed pattern variant to the W.E. Patt. '37 Cartridge Carriers page.

12th July 2009 - Added additional information and references to the W.E. Patt. '37 Basic Pouches page. Added new pictures of the later version of the steel Mess tin to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page.

11th July 2009 - Added pictures of the Officers' Equipment Set to the Patt. '37 Set Displays page. Added another, early version of the Mk. II Cotton bandolier to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page. Added another variation of the 1939 aluminium Mess tin to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page.

8th July 2009 - Added an example of the first issue Cover, mess tin to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page.

7th July 2009 - Added pics and details of the 1st (1939) issue of the aluminium Tin, mess to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Other page. Added new pics and info for the Sten bandolier to the Patt. '37 Associated Equipment, Slung Over page. Added new photos of the Pistol case to the Patt. 1919 Equipment Carriers page. Added pics of a new variation of the I.E. Patt. '14 Equipment straps to the Patt. '14 Belts, Braces, and Straps page.

5th July 2009 - General cleanup of the new Patt. '37 section. Among many minor corrections: added missing LoC entries for Cotton bandoliers, and added the forgotten (oops) photos to the Cotton bandoliers entry on the Associated Equipment, Slung Over page. Also added a new section on Very pistol holsters to the same page.

4th July 2009 - At long last, Rog Dennis's magnum opus on Web Equipment, Pattern 1937 is on-line. Phase I, which deals with khaki production of the major British manufacturers, is available now. Phases II and III will follow, though within hours on Patt. ‘37’s first day, one KWRT member had added two photos to augment the Colt Magazine Pouch section. Phase I will continue to expand in this way, as readers' information is received on other U.K. manufacturers.