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THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY - ORDERS OF DRESS FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMOURED REGIMENT |
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Men
of both Regiments of the Household Cavalry dress similarly, The
uniforms described hereunder are as per |
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Orders
Of Dress for (Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment) |
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Service Dress (Mounted) Forage
Cap, Service Dress Jacket, Sam Browne Belt, Regimental pattern Shirt, The
following HCR Officers will wear Service Dress (Mounted) Commanding
Officer, 2 i/c, Squadron Leaders, Adjutant, RCM
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Service Dress (Dismounted) Forage
Cap, Service Dress Jacket and Trousers (with turn ups),
Sam Browne Belt, Tie, Regimental pattern Shirt and Tie, Dark Blue Socks, Brown Leather Shoes, Brown Leather Gloves and Regimental Whip (Sword, instead, when ordered). Red or Blue Lanyard. When not wearing a Sam Browne Belt a Service Dress Cap is to be worn. |
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Officer
of The Life Guards in |
Officer
of The Life Guards in |
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Officer
of The Blues And Royals in |
Officer
of The Blues And Royals in |
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Sam Browne Belt The
photograph on the left The
photograph on the right |
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Barrack Dress Order (Winter) Service
Dress Cap, Jersey Heavy Wool with Metal Rank Badges on Epaulettes, |
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Officer
of The Life Guards in |
Officer
of The Life Guards in |
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of The Blues And Royals in |
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of The Blues And Royals in |
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Barrack Dress Order (Summer) Service
Dress Cap, Regimental pattern Shirt open at the neck and The
Orderly Officer wears a Forage Cap and Sam Browne with Cross Strap (LG); |
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of The Blues And Royals in |
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Combat/Working Order (Winter) Beret,
Combat Trousers, Green T Shirt, Combat Shirt with sleeves rolled down Field Jackets may be worn when cold with a 58 pattern Belt on the outside. Gortex Jackets may be worn in inclement weather. |
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Combat / Working Order (Summer) Beret,
Combat Trousers, Combat Shirt open at the neck and with sleeves rolled
up Field Jackets may be worn if cold with a 58 pattern Belt worn on the outside. Gortex Jackets may be worn in inclement weather. |
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PT Order Civilian PT Kit with Regimental or Squadron T Shirts/Sweatshirts. |
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CFT/Battle PT Order Combat Trousers, Squadron T Shirt/Sweatshirt, 58 pattern Belt and Boots. Field Jackets may be worn if required. |
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Maintenance Order (Summer) Beret,
Coveralls open at the neck and sleeves rolled up above the elbow Green T Shirts may be worn under Coveralls. |
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No 1 Dress Forage
Cap, Blue Patrol Jacket (with embroidered Badges of Rank). Blue
Trousers with turn ups (RHG/D); and without (LG) |
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Forage
Cap of an Officer |
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Forage
Cap of an Officer |
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The
Ammunition Pouch |
The
Ammunition Pouch |
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Mess Dress Forage
Cap, regimental pattern Mess Jacket, Waistcoat, and Overalls. The regimental Cloak may be worn. White Gloves should be worn, Whip optional. |
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Officer
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Life
Guards
The
Life Guards waistcoat has a |
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The
overalls of |
The
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Blues
And Royals Officer's mess
Blues
And Royals Officer's waistcoat |
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Civilian Clothing Although
Bowler Hats and stiff collars are no longer required to be worn |
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Cavalry Memorial Sunday Bowler
Hat, Dark Suit, stiff white collar, Household Division Tie, Medals, |
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General
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Blues And Royals Tweed The Blues and Royals Tweed may be worn by all Blues And Royals Officers. |
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Lightweight Summer Service Dress Household
Cavalry Lightweight Summer Service Dress may be worn by those |
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Gold Spurs Gold Spurs may be worn by the following RHG/D Officers in Mess Dress if they wish: Colonel of the Regiment Silver Stick Regimental Adjutant Commanding Officers HCR and HCMR Second-in-Command HCR Sqn Ldr Mounted Sqn The Adjutant of HCR or HCMR |
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Medals All Medals worn to be 'Court Mounted' and Scarlet Backed. |
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Court Mourning When
Court Mourning is ordered all Officers and Warrant Officers (Class 1) It
will be worn in all Orders of Dress other than Barrack Order, Denims or
Battle Order. Officers
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British Warms Cavalry pattern and colour. No Shoulder Straps, no Badges of Rank, no cuffs on sleeves. Not to be worn on parade. |
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Army Khaki Overcoats Metal Badges of Rank, Dark Brown Leather Buttons. |
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Berets A
Household Division Flash is to be sewn onto the Beret as a backing for
the Badge. Airborne or Commando Berets will only be worn in Combat Order by those entitled to do so.
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Badges of Rank All RHG/D Metal Badges of Rank are to have Black Backing. |
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Sam Browne Belt LG pattern is Infantry with Cavalry fittings. RHG/D is The Royals' pattern - Heavy Cavalry with a Whistle. (See "Service Dress" illustrations above) |
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RHG/D Jackets (Service Dress, No 1 Dress and Mess Dress) The Gold embroidered Eagle is worn on the left arm 8cms below the sleeve seam.
Gilt Buttons are to be worn. |
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Cloaks RHG/D Cloaks are ex RHG pattern, colour and shape with ex-Royals Collar Chain. For dismounted use, the right hand row of Buttons are done up. |
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Stable Belts LG worn with Buckle over left hip. RHG/D worn with the Buckle centre front. End of straps tucked in and leather darkened to Dark Brown. |
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Lanyards These
are worn with the knot close to the relevant breast pocket, LG on right shoulder, RHG/D on left.
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Spurs (for Wellington Boots) Are the swan necked LG and RHG/D patterns. |
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Whips These are of the regimental pattern. RHG/D have the regimental crest as a Silver Top Button. |
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Badges The Forage Cap has a gilt Household Cavalry badge. The SD Cap has either a brass LG regimental badge or a bronze RHG/D regimental badge. |
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Mess Dress (Tropical) This is White, and cut in the same pattern as the normal Mess Jacket. An embroidered Eagle is worn on the left arm by RHG/D Officers. Regimental Overall Trousers are worn. LG wear a Red Cummerbund; RHG/D a Blue one. |
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Civilian 'Softie' Jackets Civilian
'Softie' type Jackets are only to be worn when out of barracks on training/exercise/operations, They are not to be worn in barracks. |
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Name Tags Are to be worn on Field Jackets, Smocks and Coveralls.
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Divisional Flashes A
7cm square Household Division DZ Flash is to be worn on all DPM Jackets
and Shirts
The
3 UK Division Flash is to be worn on Field Jackets and Smocks only - |
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Union Flags A
small Union Flag is to be worn on all DPM Jackets and Shirts
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Boots Combat Assault Boots (CAB) Only CAB are to be worn in barracks. Pro Boots/Materhorn Boots May be worn out of barracks on training / exercise / operations. Boots Hot Weather/Boots Jungle May be worn out of barracks on training / exercise/operations. Hi Tec Boots These boots are not to be worn. |
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Windproof/Para Smocks Smocks are only to be worn when out of barracks on training/exercise/operations. They are to have the correct Badges and Insignia sewn on to them. They are not to be worn in barracks. |
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Tropical/Desert Combats These are only to be worn when issued for a specific exercise or operation. They are to have the correct Badges and Insignia sewn on them. |
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Fleece Jackets These
Jackets may be worn whenever it is cold - however they are only to be
worn |
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