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2. Modern Irish Army uniform - Wikipedia

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   The uniform, introduced in 1961, consists of a jacket which is open to show a creamy brown shirt and green tie. [9] The layout of the uniform varies from corps to corps. For enlisted soldiers, the rank markings are worn on the sleeves of the issue tunic. The Unit and Brigade Flashes are worn on the right and left sleeves respectively.

3. Utility clothing - Wikipedia

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   The Utility Clothing Scheme was a programme introduced in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. In response to the shortage of clothing materials and labour due to wartime austerity, the Government's Board of Trade put the Utility Clothing Scheme in place in order to standardise the production, sale, and purchase of clothing in ...

4. Royal Green Jackets - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgamation of the three separate regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade: [1] 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) 2nd Green Jackets, the King's Royal Rifle Corps; 3rd Green Jackets, the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). There were also two Territorial Army battalions made up as ...

5. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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   The current No. 8 dress, which was introduced as part of Project PECOC [citation needed] in 2011, is known as Personal Clothing System – Combat Uniform (PCS-CU); it is based around a Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) windproof smock, a lightweight jacket and trousers with a range of ancillaries such as thermals and waterproofs. Prior to 2011 ...

6. Donkey jacket - Wikipedia

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   The donkey jacket is derived from the wool sack coat worn by workers in the 19th century, and the Oxford English Dictionary references the term as first used in 1929: "one with leather shoulders and back". [2] The jacket usually has two capacious side pockets, and sometimes an inside "poacher's pocket".

7. Barbour (company) - Wikipedia

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   John Barbour, a native of Galloway, Scotland, founded J. Barbour and Sons Ltd in South Shields, England, in 1894 as an importer of oil-cloth. [3] [1] John's grandson Duncan, a keen motorcyclist, would also take the company in that direction during his tenure as Barbour became the originator of waxed cotton motorcycling suits and jackets.

8. Uniforms of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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   All regular officers, Warrant Officers and Senior NCOs are issued mess dress. The current mess dress for men consists of a high waisted blue-grey single-breasted jacket fastened at the front by a single link of two RAF buttons connected by a link clip, white marcella shirt, bow tie, waistcoat or cummerbund and blue-grey trousers. Rank, for ...

9. Militia (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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   Only single men aged 20–22 were to be conscripted (given a free suit of civilian clothes as well as a uniform), and after six months full-time training would be discharged into the reserve. The first intake was called up, but the Second World War was declared soon afterwards, and the militiamen lost their identity in the rapidly expanding army.