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Khaki Devil

Name: Khaki Devil
Address: Brook Farm, Bells Lane, Hawstead, Bury St. Edmunds, IP295NW, GB
Telephone: 01284 388 986
Price range: $$

Devilishly good historical military services for film, television and theatre. Research underpins all the work that we do.

Khaki Devil provide services for Film, Television, Theatre and Community Theatre, Museums, Schools, Collectors, Living Historians and Re-enactors. We can provide Uniforms (not just military!), Equipment, Weapons, Props, Locations, Historical Advice, and much more. Ensuring that uniforms have the correct insignia for specific occasions often requires a great deal of time and skill. Having over 60 y

ears combined knowledge of military history, and a vast resource to draw on, Khaki Devil are ideally placed to provide family military research for family historians and genealogists. Although much information is now available online, interpreting military terminology in documents can be extremely difficult. All military history research undertaken by Khaki Devil is fully interpreted for ease of understanding, and to help piece together your family history. Whether you need to hire First World War uniforms, obscure military props, or find a trench system, complete with No Man's Land, for filming, you need to contact Khaki Devil.

14/10/2025

So, Mrs Hall has discovered the Military Cross that Tristan has been keeping quiet…

We were very pleased to provide it for the latest series of ‘All Creatures Great And Small’.
🙂

08/04/2025

Do have a rummage for some wrinkly tin to keep these reprobates off the streets a little longer!
😁👍🏻

24/12/2024

The annual festive tradition is upon us… the sharing of the most amazing Christmas song ever made (probably).

Following all the Christmas Truce duff history currently doing the rounds, here is our annual reminder that Rock Legend, Brian Pern, and his super group Thotch, told the true story of Christmas 1914 in their No.1 best-seller - “I Wish I Was at Home With My Missus”

13/11/2024

We were all very, very sorry to hear that Timothy West has died.

Tim was a true gentleman, and an absolute pleasure to work with.

Here he is channelling Arnold Ridley as Charles Godfrey during the rehearsals for the Dad’s Army Lost Episodes in 2019.

05/10/2024

Lieutenant Tristan Farnon has now returned from his overseas posting, and is wearing a fetching suit of our Battledress!

29/09/2024

35 years ago the fourth incarnation of Blackadder arrived on our screens.

Over the years we have lost count of the number of theatre productions we have supplied with uniforms for the show!

22/09/2024

We were delighted to be able to help sculptor, John Everiss, with uniforms, equipment and weapons for the two models who were scanned for the new Accrington Pals statue, which was unveiled yesterday.

We made sure that we sent exactly the right kit for two fellas of the 11th (Service) Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment on the Somme during the Summer of 1916.

Following a discussion about the sizes of average soldiers at the time, John had cast two chaps of the right size to wear the kit as it was scanned. As usual we sent detailed fitting instructions to make sure that everything was worn correctly.

The scanning and modelling photos are copyright of John Everiss Design. The photos of the unveiling and the finished statue in situ are copyright Andrew Mackay. Thank you to them both.

It is always a pleasure to work with a sculptor, or an artist, who is keen to get the details right and make their work as historically accurate as possible. Needless to say, this was right up our street!

02/07/2024

Khaki Devil are particularly pleased to have been able to help Opera on the Avalon by providing a Newfoundland soldier’s uniform and equipment for this short film about the Newfoundland Regiment on the Somme in 1916. The film’s launch yesterday, on Canada Day, was particularly important as it marks the 75th anniversary of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Confederation with Canada in 1949.

Yesterday was also poignant as it was the day that Newfoundland entombed their own Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial in St John’s.

28/04/2024

The first episode of the new Dead Boy Detectives series on Netflix features a First World War soldier wearing a cursed Small Box Respirator!

Two teenage ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele.

Less Khaki Devil, more Khaki Demons!

To allow for retakes, we broke down four sets of kit:

Helmets (unused), Balaclavas, SBR Gas Masks, Respirator Haversacks and basic sets of 1908 Web Equipment. We then sent it all to Canada for filming.

Here is the Netflix Series Trailer:

https://youtu.be/8bGICMgXEn0?si=jjgF_2U4ZRaTBAW9

16/04/2024

Happy 15th Birthday you ‘Orrible Lot!!

We were chuffed to contribute some uniforms for Horrible Histories over the years, including this, “An Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a Trench…” moment in our old Ipswich trenches in 2014 for the BBC Centenary coverage trailer.

😊👍🏻

17/03/2024

Our contribution to the new Netflix Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen included a wartime German gas mask and MP40 equipment for the naked, and soon to be late, 8th Lord Bassington.

We also dressed some dummies for the the new 9th Lord Bassington’s rather sinister collection (fortunately, we were not asked to supply any of Hitler’s anatomy, preserved in a jar of formaldehyde).

The dummies were very cooperative, although some hit the cutting room floor. It all made a welcome change from khaki!

The Gentlemen is still available on Netflix if you have not yet seen it.

23/01/2024

Sorry to report that Jack Jennings, the last surviving member of The Cambridgeshire Regiment to be captured at Singapore in 1942, died on Friday 19th January 2024.

As some of you may remember, we helped to tell Jack’s story in a remarkable film for the UK Lottery ‘Heroes Return’ project a few years ago:

https://youtu.be/XpLeoob-_dc?si=8R5n0Uzfn33CBi16

Rest in Peace, Jack.

Address

Brook Farm, Bells Lane, Hawstead
Bury St. Edmunds
IP295NW

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm

Telephone

01284 388 986

Website

http://www.khakidevil.co.uk/

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