Museum of the
Mercian Regiment

Second World War Battles Dress Jacket- Gofton-Salmond

Object: Uniform

Description:

battledress blouse with green cloth titles and para wings circa div sign green patch with white horse 1940, belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Gofton Salmond of the 2/5th Battalion.

Item owner:

Lieutenant Colonel
G
Gofton Salmond
2/5th
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment

This battle dress belonged to Lt Col G.P Gofton-Salmond who served with the Sherwood Foresters in the Second World War. The Lt Col served in North Africa and Italy, where he was wounded. He then went on to serve two different Regiments before returning to the Foresters in 1953 in Egypt. He served 28 years in the Army