[Mr.Shiney]

When it comes to the web gear here is a guideline:

There were four basic orders of wear for WE 37; a fifth was developed unofficially in the field.

Drill Order:
Drill order, consisting of belt and side arms (bayonet, or pistol for officers) was used on special parades and duties in camp/barracks. Jack Summers noted in The Tangled Web that "This order has come to be associated with ceremonial parades and duties, but in wartime many ceremonial parades...were performed in battle order with respirators at the alert!"

Skeleton Order:
Skeleton order, consisting of belt, braces and basic pouches (or cartridge carriers for those issued them in lieu), was used for training parades, drill and duties under arms.

Battle Order:
Battle Order, as originally conceived, was designed so as not to have anything hanging below the waistbelt; the water bottle was to be carried in the haversack. In reality, the haversack was usually filled to capacity, leaving no room for the water bottle. It, and the entrenching tool were usually suspended below the waisbelt on the brace ends.

Full Marching Order:
Full Marching Order was the complete issue of web equipment, with the addition of the large large pack, usually worn when a unit was moving one location for another permanently. The haversack was worn on the left and the water bottle on the right with the respirator slung. Spare kit was carried in the soldier's kit bag, though often the kit bag was transported as baggage.

Fighting Order:
Variations on wearing the web equipment began to evolve while the Canadians trained in England, as Battle Drill put men and gear through increasingly more challenging situations. In Sicily, however, contacts with battle experienced soldiers of the British 8th Army led to quick revisions in how best to carry equipment in action, leading to the adoption of "Fighting Order." The small pack, or haversack, was quickly discarded due to its distinctive outline and the mess tins were instead added to a water-bottle carrier, and worn suspended from the brace-ends, in a spare water bottle carrier, on the left side of the waistbelt, opposite the water bottle. The gas cape was used to wrap spare clothing, rations and kit, then tied to the back of the waistbelt with spare blanket straps.