Quote Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt View Post
Here is a caption that is with the photo on the web
DescriptionTaken on the Utrechtseweg, opposite the junction with the Bredeweg, at 08:00 on Monday 18th September(Market Garden). The kilted Captain James Ogilvie, commander of "D" Squadron The Glider Pilot Regiment talks with an officer whose identity has not been established with certainty. Although the sign in the bottom right indicates that he may be Lieutenant-Colonel Loder-Symonds, the Commander Royal Artillery, it is believed that it is more likely to be the commander of No.1 Wing The Glider Pilot Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Murray. Ogilvie drowned whilst attempting to swim the Rhine during the withdrawal on the 25th/26th September.
(rudeerude)

More info - From a WW11 forum, the year is 1944
Even more brilliant! With that information, one can find that the photo and Captain Ogilvie in particular have been discussed previously on X-Marks:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...trooper-58444/

So thanks for that, both Downunder Kilt and those who posted on the earlier thread: that gives *all* the necessary details! My eyebrows were already raised by the combination of jump helmet and kilt; I can't quite tell the shape of the other two helmeted soldiers' pots as a result of the scrim, but it seems likely they're also both jump helmets. That answers the puzzle, and once again points out the eccentricity of British officers' field dress. Thanks!

Allen