The following list contains the uniform & equipment (the "kit") needed for a Sherwood Foresters impression.  Basic items are all required for participation in the field with the unit. 

Basic Items:
1 helmet, Mk.1 or Mk. 2, with liner & correct chinstrap
     
Mk. 2 Helmet with net & chinstrap.                             Interior of helmet showing suspension & 
                                                                                        chinstrap detail.

1 Field Service (FS) or General Service (GS) Cap

Field Service (FS) cap with King's Crown buttons & cap badge.

1 set denims (trousers & jacket) - this is your fatigue uniform.
1 pair P37 anklets
1 set P37 basic web equipment:
    1 waist belt with brass fittings
    1 pair equipment braces (suspenders) with brass fittings
    1 pair basic pouches with snap closure

Basic web equipment set assembled for use.

1 water bottle with wool cover & carrier (envelope or skeleton type)
        
Water bottles: (l-r) envelope carrier, India-made                     Closer view of carriers.  Note buckle on
skeleton carrier, British-made skeleton carrier                        India-made skeleton carrier (center).

1 small pack with brass fittings, complete with L-straps

Small pack with L-straps
attached.

1 Aertex khaki shirt
1 pair black ammo boots with toe cap - - leather soles w/hobnails or DMS boots acceptable
1 mess tin - postwar aluminum recommended for use; wartime tinned for display only
1 spoon
1 brown or white enameled tea mug

Basic Weapon:  Enfield Rifle No. 1 Mk.III or Mk. III* (for later war impressions, Rifle No. 4 Mk.1 acceptable) with bayonet & carrier

      
Rifle No. 1 Mk. III with web sling.                                                                                                        Bayonet for No. 1 Mk. III & Mk. III* rifles.

Advanced Kit:

1 set P37 or P40 battledress (BD) (trousers & jacket)

1 pair khaki drill (KD) shorts
1 pair KD trousers
1 Aertex bush jacket
1 pair wool long hose or hose tops
1 set jungle green (JG) battledress (trousers & shirt or jacket)
1 leather jerkin

1 wool pullover (sweater)
1 wool cap comforter
1 wool great coat

1 jackknife w/lanyard

1 holdall with period-correct shaving & grooming components

1 sewing kit

1 wool blanket (gray or natural)

1 groundsheet

1 rain cape or gas cape
1 respirator bag (Mk.VI, Mk.VII or lightweight)
1 pair identity discs (1 red, 1 green) with cord

1 first field dressing or shell dressing 
1 ammunition bandolier (wire hook closures, not snaps)

Five-pocket bandolier with wire hook closures.

1 P37 web rifle sling
1 helmet net
1 P37 large pack with equipment straps
1 P37 entrenching tool with carrier
    
P37 entrenching tool with carrier.  The shovel head is carried in the web             P37 entrenching tool
container, and the helve fits through the web loops on the exterior.                      assembled for use.
This particular carrier was made in Australia in 1943. 

Extra water bottle