Khaki Devil

05/10/2024

Lieutenant Tristan Farnon has now returned from his overseas posting, and is wearing a fetching suit of our Battledress!

29/09/2024

35 years ago the fourth incarnation of Blackadder arrived on our screens.

Over the years we have lost count of the number of theatre productions we have supplied with uniforms for the show!

22/09/2024

We were delighted to be able to help sculptor, John Everiss, with uniforms, equipment and weapons for the two models who were scanned for the new Accrington Pals statue, which was unveiled yesterday.

We made sure that we sent exactly the right kit for two fellas of the 11th (Service) Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment on the Somme during the Summer of 1916.

Following a discussion about the sizes of average soldiers at the time, John had cast two chaps of the right size to wear the kit as it was scanned. As usual we sent detailed fitting instructions to make sure that everything was worn correctly.

The scanning and modelling photos are copyright of John Everiss Design. The photos of the unveiling and the finished statue in situ are copyright Andrew Mackay. Thank you to them both.

It is always a pleasure to work with a sculptor, or an artist, who is keen to get the details right and make their work as historically accurate as possible. Needless to say, this was right up our street!

02/07/2024

Khaki Devil are particularly pleased to have been able to help Opera on the Avalon by providing a Newfoundland soldier’s uniform and equipment for this short film about the Newfoundland Regiment on the Somme in 1916. The film’s launch yesterday, on Canada Day, was particularly important as it marks the 75th anniversary of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Confederation with Canada in 1949.

Yesterday was also poignant as it was the day that Newfoundland entombed their own Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial in St John’s.

28/04/2024

The first episode of the new Dead Boy Detectives series on Netflix features a First World War soldier wearing a cursed Small Box Respirator!

Two teenage ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele.

Less Khaki Devil, more Khaki Demons!

To allow for retakes, we broke down four sets of kit:

Helmets (unused), Balaclavas, SBR Gas Masks, Respirator Haversacks and basic sets of 1908 Web Equipment. We then sent it all to Canada for filming.

Here is the Netflix Series Trailer:

https://youtu.be/8bGICMgXEn0?si=jjgF_2U4ZRaTBAW9

16/04/2024

Happy 15th Birthday you ‘Orrible Lot!!

We were chuffed to contribute some uniforms for Horrible Histories over the years, including this, “An Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a Trench…” moment in our old Ipswich trenches in 2014 for the BBC Centenary coverage trailer.

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17/03/2024

Our contribution to the new Netflix Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen included a wartime German gas mask and MP40 equipment for the naked, and soon to be late, 8th Lord Bassington.

We also dressed some dummies for the the new 9th Lord Bassington’s rather sinister collection (fortunately, we were not asked to supply any of Hitler’s anatomy, preserved in a jar of formaldehyde).

The dummies were very cooperative, although some hit the cutting room floor. It all made a welcome change from khaki!

The Gentlemen is still available on Netflix if you have not yet seen it.

23/01/2024

Sorry to report that Jack Jennings, the last surviving member of The Cambridgeshire Regiment to be captured at Singapore in 1942, died on Friday 19th January 2024.

As some of you may remember, we helped to tell Jack’s story in a remarkable film for the UK Lottery ‘Heroes Return’ project a few years ago:

https://youtu.be/XpLeoob-_dc?si=8R5n0Uzfn33CBi16

Rest in Peace, Jack.

20/01/2024

The wonderful Lyndsay Knight starring as Victorian murder victim, Harriet Lane, in tonight’s episode of ‘Victorian Murder Files’, filmed a few weeks ago at Great War Huts.

It will be repeated on Sunday 21st at 9pm.
Freeview Channel 40 - Quest Red TV

New episode next Saturday at 10pm.

24/12/2023

On Christmas Eve what better entertainment than a Christmas Eve RAF ghost story, set in the 1950s?

This new DisneyPlus film of ‘The Shepherd’ by Frederick Forsyth features uniforms by us too. What’s not to like?!

https://youtu.be/o3-5U1I-wRk?si=sGcv1YmyRqKkNUK0

22/12/2023

It’s time for that special Khaki Devil Christmas tradition, featuring the legendary Brian Pern!



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21/12/2023

It’s the Christmas Special at 9pm tonight on Channel 5!

Do tune in to see our uniforms in action 🎥

23/11/2023

Happy 60th Birthday to Dr Who !

In 2017 The Doctor dropped in to Khaki Devil HQ to ask if we could help with 1914 Truce uniforms for Mark Gatiss (we provided him with a Royal Artillery uniform as his Grandfather had been a Great War Gunner) and a large number of British & German soldiers.

Gatiss played Captain Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart, the Grandfather of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who commanded UNIT in the 1970s series.

It was the 2017 Christmas Special & The Doctor was about to regenerate…

13/10/2023

We have been looking forward to this!

The Disney production of Freddie Forsyth’s ‘The Shepherd’ will be out on 1st December, with RAF uniforms by us!

Here is the Official Trailer:

On Christmas Eve, a young Royal Air Force pilot flying home across the North Sea finds himself in peril when his radio and electric power cut out, leaving hi...

25/09/2023

We have been receiving some excellent feedback about the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Moments’ Exhibition at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

We were very pleased to help artist Tom Clohosy Cole create a number of his eight Moments.

Here is a behind-the-scenes view of the images being created.

The image of an Australian, Canadian and British soldier sitting around a brazier, next to the moat by the Ypres Ramparts, was created by Tom, assisted by Simon Bendry of the CWGC, photographing Kieran Morling wearing the appropriate uniforms and equipment from our store, while seated on some of our .303 ammo boxes.

Every single Indian and French Soldier pictured marching through the Menin Gate in the second Moment is actually Kieran marching across the Great War Huts Parade Ground, photographed from a stepladder!

In the final photograph, Tom is explaining the concept to Lyndsay, Kieran & Taff.

It was a real pleasure to help bring this exhibition to life.

25/08/2023

We had five of these snowsuits made by Foz Forsdike for a production of a play about the 1910 Antarctic Expedition called, ‘Terra Nova’, several years ago.

We pulled this one out of storage for the ‘Hut of the Antarctic’ Hutted Histories talk by Geoff Cooper earlier this week at Great War Huts !!

31/07/2023

We are molto chuffed to have provided 40 x Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons for the sell-out production of ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ by the Shattered Windscreen Theatre Company, currently playing at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall.

“…uniforms by Khaki Devil are absolutely spot on - as is this epic production.”

13/07/2023

You know it’s going to be a good day when a collection of Irish Caubeens turns up in the post as a gift from another top Costumiers!

Thank you very much indeed to Matthew at the wonderful Cosprop Limited.
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03/07/2023

It was an honour and a pleasure to equip the men of B (Gallipoli) Company, 2/RGR, as men of 2/7th Gurkha Rifles, 4th (Indian) Division) at Cassino, during the Italian Campaign in 1944, for the Chalke Valley History Festival this weekend!

The fellas looked superb, and all wore the kit properly. We are sure that the original 2/7th would be very proud of them.

We were also pleased to supply First World War uniforms for the Great War Group, for their RAMC/Casualty Evacuation display.

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15/06/2023

This week we have been working on a large number of WW2 RAF uniforms.

Post-war, RAF badge backings were changed from black to the same blue as the uniforms.

With so many to do we found a handy cheat to convert the post-war badges into wartime spec. without having to replace them. 👍🏻

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08/06/2023

We have hired out a lot of WW2 British Airborne Parachutist uniforms over the years, but we think that this is the first time one has actually been used in a real jump!

Former SAS Operator, Jay Morton, seen here parachuting in to deliver the console edition of Sega’s Company of Heroes 3!

05/06/2023

It was a real pleasure to have provided a D-Day uniform for Vicky McClure for
her documentary, ‘My Grandad's War', tonight, Monday 5 June, at 9pm, on ITV.

The documentary tells the story of 97-year-old D-Day Veteran Ralph McClure and his part in the Normandy Landings.

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13/04/2023

We have been having a rummage for some uniforms this afternoon and came across a stash of original, brand new, dark blue Fox’s Puttees, still wrapped in their original blue tape and packaging.
We were so surprised to see them we thought we would share them with you all!

05/04/2023

We have been having a lot of fun working with the uniforms, equipment and weapons of the French Army of the Great War today!

It’s always nice to be able to use original items for added authenticity.

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30/03/2023

We were very pleased to be asked to provide the uniforms, equipment and weapons for another production of ‘Archie’s Issues’, this time being performed at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane.

Well done to all involved.
Full review via the link below. 👍🏻





From the SSAFA Twitter account:

“Pupils from Dunblane’s steal the show in stage production of Archie’s Issues, sponsored by ▸ ssaf.as/1vz

Archie’s Issues is the story of a man killed in WW2, whose legacy of love, camaraderie, and forgiveness is not fully realised for 50 years.”