British and commonwealth Puttees

[kylet183]

Hi all,

 

I am looking to find some other ranks, standard, WW1 commonwealth puttees but i am unsure of exactly what to look for. I am aware they came in different styles, sizes and colours for officers and other reasons? But would anyone be able to shed some light on the correct colour, length and width for a standard enlisted man? Also what makers to look for?

 

Pictures would be a great help also!

 

Thanks!

[FROGSMILE]

On 27/06/2019 at 09:09, kylet183 said:

Hi all,

 

I am looking to find some other ranks, standard, WW1 commonwealth puttees but i am unsure of exactly what to look for. I am aware they came in different styles, sizes and colours for officers and other reasons? But would anyone be able to shed some light on the correct colour, length and width for a standard enlisted man? Also what makers to look for?

 

Pictures would be a great help also!

 

Thanks!

 

Dimensions

Puttee: Length 3000 mm, Width 100 mm

Tapes: Length 480 mm, Width 21 mm

 

The colour was known as ‘Drab’, which was a brownish khaki (see images).

 

Many woollen cloth manufacturers (clothiers) had contracts for puttees.  The most famous made puttees for officers that were often a lighter shade (stone or beige), and that company still exists: FOX of Somerset.

 

A very small number of units, mostly from the Dominions, favoured the dark blue puttees that were favoured by some Imperial and Indian units during the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

 

 

Edited 30 June , 2019 by FROGSMILE

[kylet183]

20 hours ago, FROGSMILE said:

 

Dimensions

Puttee: Length 3000 mm, Width 100 mm

Tapes: Length 480 mm, Width 21 mm

 

The colour was known as ‘Drab’, which was a brownish khaki (see images).

 

Many woollen cloth manufacturers had contracts for puttees.  The most famous made puttees for officers that were often a lighter shade (stone or beige), and that company still exists: FOX of Somerset.

 

A very small number of units, mostly from the Dominions, favoured the dark blue puttees that were favoured by some Imperial and Indian units during the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

 

 

 

 

 

Brilliant, thank you!

 

I bought myself a set which i now know for sure are officers as they are the lighter colour and are about 2000mm long. Also made by FOX.

 

The hunt for standard puttees continues!

[FROGSMILE]

I have never seen an other ranks puttee with a little button/stud indicating left and right, so that might help.

[MaureenE]

There is a YouTube video, where the presenter is speaking of joining together 3 '3 foot puttees' from the 1980s , or 4 for a tall person, implying that the required length is at least 9 feet.

Mike's guide to WW1 British and Commonwealth puttees by Mike Everest Sep 12, 2017  YouTube video.

 

Cheers

Maureen

[kylet183]

Im assuming these are typical enlisted man/Other ranks? They are roughly 3000mm long and 100mm wide but i cannot find a source on the maker?

 

Thanks!

Kyle.

[Keith Woodland]

Putters were around in the mid 60s as we were issued them to wear with hose tops when posted to the Far East. They didn't have buttons and we only wore them one width high and then the hose top which was a long sock without any foot attached. A rather odd combination which we seldom actually wore.

[FROGSMILE]

11 hours ago, kylet183 said:

Im assuming these are typical enlisted man/Other ranks? They are roughly 3000mm long and 100mm wide but i cannot find a source on the maker?

 

Thanks!

Kyle.

 

 

I think that those are a suitable example of what you seek.

 

Francis Martineau Lupton (1848–1921), known as Frank, attended Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge where he read history before entering the family textile business. From 1870 to 1880, he was a member of the Leeds Rifles. From the 1880s, he and his fellow directors at Wm. Lupton & Co moved the textile business from being merchants to manufacturing in response to the restructuring of the economics of cloth making. They acquired other mills and power looms in Pudsey and converted their mills to be driven by electricity. They took advantage of new sources of wool from the Americas and Australia. Their textile mills had been established on Whitehall Road, Leeds.

 

British Pathé Studios filmed Alderman Frank Lupton inspecting the Leeds Pals at a camp near Colsterdale in 1915.  Frank Lupton's three sons boarded at Rugby School after which they attended Trinity College, Cambridge.  All three died in the Great War. Captain Maurice Lupton was the first to be killed in action by a sniper bullet in the trenches at Lille on 19 June 1915. Lieutenant Lionel Martineau Lupton (see photo) was wounded, mentioned in dispatches twice and, after recovering, was killed in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Major Francis Ashford Lupton was reported missing at Miraumont on the night of 19 February 1917 when he went out with one man on reconnaissance and was later found dead. After their deaths Frank Lupton turned his family home, Rockland, into an institution for the children of sailors and soldiers, and moved with his daughters, Olive and Anne, to Roundhay. In April 1917, King George V commanded that a letter be written to Lupton in which the King recognised the exceptional loss of "your gallant" sons.

 

Interestingly the Lupton family are one branch of the male bloodline of the Duchess of Cambridge, who will one day become Queen Consort.

 

Information courtesy of Wikipedia.

 

 

 

Edited 30 June , 2019 by FROGSMILE

[kylet183]

Many thanks for all the help!