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Portrayals

This is where the portrayals available for hire at your booking can be found. They vary from infantry to intelligence analysts; pilots to submarine crew; Private to Major; the Royal Engineers to Intelligence Corps; the Commandos to a Tank Commander; a Mountain Warfare Instructor to a Military Railwayman. There is a lot that can be offered, and the collection available grows as finances permit. There is equipment that we own, which is not listed on this page. This doesn't mean the equipment isn't any less important than the equipment featured or mentioned on this page, but it is important to note that it comes as standard with a number of the portrayals. This includes:

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  • Webbing

  • Drop Zone Panels

  • Wire Cutters

  • Inert Ammunition

  • Weapons & related equipment

  • Weapon Carry Bags

  • Kit Bags

  • Aircrew Lifejackets

  • Flying Helmet

  • Binoculars

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There is also items of historical value that we have in our collection that we would only bring out to a booking in exceptional circumstances.

Personnel on Parade

Below is the list of portrayals currently available with Multi-Act Historical Portrayals. If any variations are available for the portrayal, they are listed beside.

Daily Diet & Rations

For their daily intake of food, or rations, the British soldier could expect to receive any of the following:

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  • Tin of Tea (yes, you read that right) and Sugar

  • Tinned Bacon (yes, you read that right)

  • Tin of Baked Beans

  • Tin of Rice Pudding

  • Tin of Corned Beef

  • Tin of Bread with Raisins (yes, you read that right)

  • Tin of Brown Bread (yes, you read that right)

  • Tin of Lemonade Powder

  • Tin of Boiled Sweets

  • Mixed Tin of Oatmeal, Sugar and Fruit (yes, they are all in the same tin)

  • Bag of Licorice Bits (yes, that is how it was spelled)

  • Cigarettes or Tobacco

  • Tin of Horlicks Tablets

  • Soup Cubes

  • Biscuits and Tinned Jam

  • Tinned Tuna

  • Roll of Mints

  • 3 Packs of WEET BIX (not a mis-spelling)

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All of what he received had to fit in his kit, and there was no choice about it - it had to fit if you were going to eat - and it all had to fit (as well as a lot of other personal equipment) in this:

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If you were fortunate (or unfortunate as the case may be) enough to be a member of Air Crew, you would not only be entitled to receive 8d extra daily pay, but you would also receive extra rations. These would generally be:

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  • Two cubes of Barley Sugar

  • One or Two Oranges

  • One small packet of Mints

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You would usually also be able to receive an extra ration of cigarettes or tobacco, and for the aircrew who didn't smoke (which was in the very small minority), their cigarettes would generally be handed out to the other aircrew on their squadron.

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