Here is a BD blouse I acquired a couple of years ago. I also acquired his named Service Dress tunic with original S Staffs brass buttons and collar badges. Both originated from the same source and both are moth damaged. I obtained copies of his records from Library and Archives Canada.
![CANLOAN 2 South Straffordshire Battledress of Lieut Jim Erskine, OC 19 Platoon, D Company at Arnhem. WIA, POW 82199B65](https://2img.net/h/i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w466/Colin_Stevens/Snapbucket/82199B65.jpg)
The beret is modern and the cap badge is not his. The yellow is a Celanese recognition panel for individual sodliers. This one was found on the Drop Zone for Arnhem by Harry Bullens of the UK shortly after the war.
Here is a Dutch web page about the battle at Arnhem and they have a photo of Erskine wearing Service Dress, presumably the one that I have.
https://sites.google.com/site/freedomtrailarnhemengelstalig/05-utrechtseweg-72
![CANLOAN 2 South Straffordshire Battledress of Lieut Jim Erskine, OC 19 Platoon, D Company at Arnhem. WIA, POW 373911E5](https://2img.net/h/i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w466/Colin_Stevens/Snapbucket/373911E5.jpg)
Colin Stevens, Richmond, BC
![CANLOAN 2 South Straffordshire Battledress of Lieut Jim Erskine, OC 19 Platoon, D Company at Arnhem. WIA, POW 82199B65](https://2img.net/h/i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w466/Colin_Stevens/Snapbucket/82199B65.jpg)
The beret is modern and the cap badge is not his. The yellow is a Celanese recognition panel for individual sodliers. This one was found on the Drop Zone for Arnhem by Harry Bullens of the UK shortly after the war.
Here is a Dutch web page about the battle at Arnhem and they have a photo of Erskine wearing Service Dress, presumably the one that I have.
https://sites.google.com/site/freedomtrailarnhemengelstalig/05-utrechtseweg-72
![CANLOAN 2 South Straffordshire Battledress of Lieut Jim Erskine, OC 19 Platoon, D Company at Arnhem. WIA, POW 373911E5](https://2img.net/h/i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w466/Colin_Stevens/Snapbucket/373911E5.jpg)
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Colin Stevens, Richmond, BC