Dear PeterTheGreat,
I agree with all these,
but I really like to see a box of figures with the title:
"British 14th - the forgotten - Army"
with brens, mortars, British helmets with camouflage net, Aussie style hats and general Slim leading them (as a special figure)...
Don't you?
:wink:

British forces did wear shorts in Burma but rarely in the front line. Scratches were likely to turn septic or ulcerate (jungle rot) in the jungle areas. Mosquitoes would bite legs and arms alike and more likely at night so either way the result was likely to be Malaria ( a disease of the blood caused by a protozoan parasite from the mosquito). Repellant was used and sulfa and quinine treatments were used for relief but there were still a lot of troops invalided out for long periods. Prophylaxis eg chloroquine and DDT sprays were used in the late war and often Malaria was a bigger problem than the Japanese. Most troops doing the full stint got a dose which came back regularly throughout their lives. My now dead father in law had irregular bouts like every year that lasted until his 90s. Of course, courtesy of Burma.
Artillery crews often wore shorts ( sometimes PT shorts) but not the parade type favoured on model figures.