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  2. Divisional insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    In the British Army, ACI 1118 specified that the design for the formation sign should be approved by the general officer commanding the formation and reported to the War Office. [51] A further order of December 1941 (ACI 2587) specified the material of the uniform patch as printed cotton (ordnance issue), this replaced the embroidered felt (or ...

  3. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Soldier's kit locker containing general-issue uniform (Army Air Corps). The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). [1] Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier ...

  4. British Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    After the Crimean War (30 January 1855), the War Office ordered different rank badges for British general, staff officers and regimental officers. It was the first complete set of rank badges to be used by the British Army. Field Marshal: Two rows of one inch wide oak-leaf designed lace on the collar with crossed baton above the wreath in silver.

  5. Red coat (military uniform) - Wikipedia

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    History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. Seeley Service & Co. Barthorp, Michael (1982). British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660. Blandford Press. ISBN 978-1-85079-009-9. Carman, W.Y. (1957). British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures. Feltham Middlesex: Hamlyn Publishing Group. Carman, W.Y. (1968).

  6. Brigade insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    World War II British battledress arm of service (corps) colours. By the start of the Second World War, the British Army prohibited all identifying marks on its Battle Dress uniforms in 1939 save for drab (black or white on khaki) regimental or corps (branch) slip-on titles, and even these were not to be worn in the field. In May 1940 this was ...

  7. Service Dress (British Army) - Wikipedia

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    A private of the 69th Regiment of Foot in about 1880, wearing the home service uniform worn until 1902. Members of the Corps of Guides in early khaki uniforms. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the bright red tunics worn by British infantry regiments had proved to be a liability, especially when during the First Boer War they had been faced by enemies armed with rifles firing ...

  8. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.

  9. Uniforms of the British Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Each branch of the British Armed Forces has its own uniform regulations. Many of these uniforms are also the template for those worn in the British cadet forces. Uniforms of the British Army; Uniforms of the Royal Navy; Uniforms of the Royal Marines; Uniforms of the Royal Air Force