This wiki has been automatically Charley: A familiar name for the infantry soldiers' pack. Suggested by the hump-backed appearance of a soldier in heavy marching order laden with the whole field-service equipment. Derived from an old saying that a hunchbacked man was carrying his little brother Charley on his back. "Young Charley" or "Little Charley" – a haversack. [1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.52.
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