Whist recovering from wounds received at El Aghelia with 5 RHA my father was sent to Syria for convalescent. Father extreme right (as you look at it ) of picture with water tower From pics it would appear that they wore suits and not uniform Was this to make them all equal patients as they then has no rank? I seem to remember during my own service soldiers on sick leave wearing Uniform with a white shirt and red tie. I have a few pics of around the hospital is there an area for medical pictures
For the army,those on sick leave wore white shirts and a red tie as said and this was the norm in the early 1950s. I remember meeting up with a schoolboy friend who was in the army and was wearing the attire when on sick leave.
