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[Jock Scot]

Unusually he is wearing a Sam Browne belt minus the shoulder strap. A web belt and holster would be the usual option.

At a fairly educated guess, I suspect that some "Serious Brass" was visiting the troops where their "smart attire" may have been far away from the "action". So perhaps, some variation of uniform was the best that they could come up with at the time? Officers were known to have adjustments to uniform regulations, on occasion, particularly if they if they were successful.

On another point. As a wee lad I actually met Mad Jack Churchill. He was reputedly, the first person to attempt to surf up the River Severn on a natural phenomenon known as the "Severn Bore". Surfing on it is a regular occurrence these days, but he was the first to attempt it. From memory he didn't get very far and he was an acquaintance of my father and we went to cheer him(Mad Jack) on.