A First War Rfc Sidcot Flying Suit Worn By Canadian Pilot GTRexclude at the train station (Karlovac

at the train station (Karlovac

marked RZM 17

Behaved with the utmost coolness and intrepidity

the Regiment so impressed the Duke of Cornwall (later King George V) that he became the Camerons' first honorary colonel and allowed the regiment to bear his name

he reverted to the rank of Private on transfer from the 109th Infantry Battalion to the 13th Reserve Battalion at Seaford

A First War Rfc Sidcot Flying Suit Worn By Canadian Pilot GTRexclude at the train station (KarlovacA First War RFC Sidcot Flying Suit Worn by Canadian Pilot (British made, developed late in 1916 by Sidney Cotton, (thus the abbreviated name "Sidcot" and was used by the British, French, and later, American Air Services: service members found that the leather flying coats in use were simply not protective enough for the piercing cold of the high altitudes, often as high as 20,000 22,000 feet, thus a one piece flying suit was found more protective),