"Geordie Strong", British Infantry Section Leader, 1st Hampshires, 50th (Northumberland) Division, Meuse-Escaut Canal 1944 (Corporal)

Barcode: 0 89195 70517 4 Packaging: 12 pieces per master carton Box Size: 13.6"x8"x3.3" 1/6 "Geordie Strong" , 1st Hampshires 50th (Northumberland) Division, Meuse-Escaut Canal, September 1944 This WW2 British action figures contains many new items! Uniform - British MkII Helmet - British MkII Helmet netting - British 37-pattern BD Uniform Jacket ('06 New Pattern) - British Leather Jerkin (New Materials) - British 37-pattern BD Uniform Trousers ('06 New Pattern) - British Ammunition Boots - British 37-pattern Cloth Anklets Equipment - 37-Pattern Waistbelt - 37-Pattern Braces - Water Bottle Strap - Haversack - Enamelled Cup - Ground Sheet - 37-Pattern General Purpose Pouches - Collapsible E-Tool Carrier - Shovel Handle - Shovel Head - British Water Bottle Weapons - No. 36 Grenade - MK II Sten w/Magazine - Sten sling (New) Insignia - Hampshire Regiment Shoulder Arc (New) - 50th Division Shoulder Title (New) - Brigade Seniority Stripes (New) - British Corporal Sleeve Stripes (New) Other - NEO Male body - Male Hands - New headsculpt (New) - Clear figure stand About the 1st Hampshires 50th Division: This formation was sent to France in 1940 as a Territorial Army division, and was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk. It saw service in the Western Desert Campaign ,losing one of it's brigades ( British 150th Infantry Brigade ), and then was involved in the Sicily landings of 1943. The division was withdrawn to Great Britain and then landed on Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944. The division stayed in North West Europe until December 1944 when it was again returned to Great Britain for the remainder of the war.