I have been looking for period photos showing the use of smocks, drab by British/Commonwealth forces during ww2. I have only found one, of an SAS officer in Italy.

With the majority of these seen dated ‘42 or ‘43, it doesn’t look like they were actually a very favoured piece of uniform at the time, compared to their later use, up to Gulf War 1.

I would be really interested to see more opinions on this subject!

Regards, Giorgos