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Each regiment and corps of the British Army has an allotted facing colour according to Part 14 Section 2 Annex F of the British Army dress regulations. Where full dress is currently not used, the notional colours can be ascertained by the colours of the mess dress; if the regiment in question has not been amalgamated with another.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) was a specialist corps in the British Army which provided medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps to form the Royal Army Medical Service .
On full-dress tunics, badges in white or gold lace were worn only on the right arm, but on service dress jackets, badges in worsted embroidery were worn on both arms. In February 1918 the acting bombardier was renamed lance-bombardier , and the full bombardier gained a second chevron in 1920 replacing the rank of corporal in the RA.
The No. 1 dress uniform of the hospital was as follows: Dark 'Royal' blue jacket, dark blue trousers and overalls, light blue piping, and 'dull cherry' red trouser stripes of 1 3 / 4 inch. The head dress was a dark blue cap, dull cherry band and welt. [26] The corps beret was dark blue all around with the RAMC cap badge on the front. [27]
Historic Royal Scots Royal Highland Fusiliers King's Own Scottish Borderers Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Saxe wore a Guard uniform and a Santa hat that stretched his unit's dress regulations. The Humvee caused a stir when it entered the school parking lot, and a buzz of “It’s Santa! It’s Santa!” pierced the cold air as dozens of elementary school children gathered outside.
The formal designation of the most commonly worn mess uniform in the British Army is "No. 10 (Temperate) Mess Dress". The form varies according to regiment or corps, but generally a short mess jacket is worn, which either fastens at the neck (being cut away to show the waistcoat, this being traditionally the style worn by cavalry regiments and other mounted corps), [4] or is worn with a white ...
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