Army Dress Regulations (All Ranks)
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ARMY DRESS REGULATIONS (ALL RANKS) Part 4 CORPS DRESS REGULATIONS Ministry of Defence PS12(A) November 2016 ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) 1 Headress Badges RA Officers Cap. The RA gun surmounted by “UBIQUE” on scroll with crown above. Below the base of the gun, scroll with “QUO FASI ET GLORIA DUCUNT” RA Officers Beret. Embroidered gold thread gun badge. The"grass" on which the gun stands is to be gold. ORs Cap and Beret. As for Officers cap badge in gilt. 2 Collar Badge RA Officers. Gold eembroidered or bronze grenade ORs. Gilt grenade 3 Special Arms Badges Special Arm Badges are worn as follows: a. 7 Para RHA – Pegasus Badge. Worn on No 2 Dress only, on the left upper arm, whilst serving in the Regiment. b. 5 (Gibraltar 1779 – 83) Bty RA. Croix de Guerre, worn in No 8 Dress on the beret under the cap badge by all ranks. Worn on No 1, No 2 and Mess Dress, on both shoulders. c. 10 (Assaye) Bty RA. Syrena, red shield with white mermaid carrying a sword and shield. Worn in No 1 and No 2 Dress on the right lower arm. d. 25/170 (Imjin) Bty RA. Imjin Flash, US Presidential Citation. Worn in No 1, No 2 and Mess Dress on the right shoulder. e. 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Bty RA (V). Pegasus Badge. Worn in No 1, No 2 and No 13 Dress on the right upper arm. 4 Tunic Buttons RA Officers & ORs. Half-domed gold anodised aluminium buttons bearing the gun and crown badge. Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) 5 Stable Belt Webbing coloured red (Pantone 18- 1662 ‘Flame Scarlet’) ¾”, dark blue (Pantone Dark Navy) 3/5”, yellow (Pantone 17-10755 ‘Sulpher’) 3/10”, dark blue 3/5”, red ¾”, across the total width of 3”. Two nickel plated single pronged roller type buckles and tan leather straps for fastening. The straps are to be polished Nickel plated prongless adjusting slide, to be fitted on the buckle end of the belt and not on the strap end. 6 TRF 6cm x 6cm square red and blue horizontal stripe with the red uppermost. 7 Lanyard Lanyard White No 1. White plaited lanyard as issued. Worn by SSgts and below with No 2 Dress on the right shoulder and knot at the front in line with the upper seam of the breast pocket and drawn tight. With no pocket on the women’s jacket, the tail is secured around the cord and hidden under the armpit No 1 Dress 8 Cap Forage Cap. Blue cloth with scarlet band and welts. Gold edged peak for field officers. Black patent leather chin strap ½” wide in two parts, with sliding loops (not buckles) fixed by two 22 ligne Regimental buttons immediately behind corners of peak. 9 Cap Badge Gilt gun badge, 2½” wide, 1 3/4” high, fitted so that the beading at the bottom of the crown is in line with the top seam of the scarlet cap band. 10 Jacket Officers Ceremonial. Blue, Universal Pattern. 30 ligne buttons of RA pattern on the front, shoulder-cord and breast pockets. Universal pattern twisted gold shoulder-cords lined with blue cloth. Badges of rank in silver gilt metal. white linen strip collar showing ¼” above jacket collar. Linen collar to be secured by 5 metal studs sewn on inside of jacket collar. No waist hooks. Gold thread grenade collar badge, 2¼” long, 7/8” wide, fitted horizontally with the centre of the badge 2” inches from the opening in the collar. Officers Non-Ceremonial. As for ceremonial but with with plain blue shoulder-boards. CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS (INCLUDING R MON AND QGE) Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) 1 Headress Badges RE Officers Cap. The Garter and motto surmounted by a crown. Within the Garter the Royal Cypher; without the Garter a wreath of laurel. On a scroll at the bottom of the wreath ‘Royal Engineers’. The garter, Motto, Royal Cypher, Crown and Scroll are in gilt, and are raised above the laurel wreath. The laurel wreath is in silver plate. RE Officers Beret. A flaming grenade with 9 flames the central one straight in gold braid. On a blue scroll at the bottom of the grenade ‘Ubique’ in gold thread. Felt backing will match the colour of beret and can be either green, blue or maroon. ORs Cap and Beret. As for Officers cap badge in gilt and white metal. QGE Officers Cap. In silver, 2 kukris in saltire, the blades placed upwards and outwards. A gold grenade with 9 flames in the centre and over the pommels a scroll inscribed ’Ubique’ in gilt. 29mm high by 25mm wide. On the cap, forage, peaked the badge is worn on a red boss. On the cap, khaki, peaked it is worn on a navy blue boss. QGE Officers Beret and Collar. As for cap without the boss. QGE ORs. As for Officers cap badge in white and gold metal. R Mon RE (M) Officers Cap. The Prince of Wales’s plume, coronet and motto, ‘Ich Dien’, surmounted by a crown. On either side of the plume the letters ‘R’ and ’E’. Below a scroll inscribed ‘Royal Monmouthshire’. Above the scroll and below the central plume spine the Roman numeral I. The plume and motto in silver plate and remainder in gilt. R Mon RE (M) Officers Beret. Design as for cap badge embroidered gold and silver wire. Coronet, ‘R’, ‘E’, main scroll, feather spines, I and main crown in RE Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) gold. Feathers, main crown base, ‘Ich Dien’ in silver. Motto scroll in blue. Red crown cushion. ’Royal Monmouthshire’ in black thread. R Mon RE (M) ORs Cap and Beret. As for Officers cap in gilt and white metal. JSY Fd Sqn RE (M) Officers Cap. On a shield gules 3 lions guardant. Or crowned with an ancient crown (Plantagenant) encircled by a wreath of laurel. All upon a saltire with couped ends. To right and left of the shield and within the wreath the letters ‘R’ and ‘E’ respectively. Below the wreath a scroll inscribed ’Royal Jersey Militia’. The whole ensigned by a crown. The laurel wreath in silver with the remainder in gilt. JSY Fd Sqn RE (M) Officer Beret. As for cap but embroidered. JSY Fd Sqn RE (M) ORs. As for JSY Fd Sqn RE (M) officers cap badge in gilt and white metal. Collar Badge Officers. On No 1 dress, RE grenades in gold braid without motto underneath. They are to be mounted horizontally flames facing rearwards. On No 2 dress the grenades are in bronze and mounted vertically. QGE Officers are the same as their cap badge but are without the boss. ORs. RE grenade in gilding with ‘Ubique’ inscribed on a scroll underneath mounted vertically. QGE ORs are as for QGE Cap badge mounted vertically. Tunic Buttons RE Officer. The Royal Cypher within the garter and motto with a crown superimposed upon the garter. ‘Royal Engineers’ inscribed round the lower half of the button. For caps and mess dress buttons the ‘Royal Engineers’ is inscribed on a scroll underneath the garter. RE ORs. As above on staybright buttons. QGE. A grenade with 9 flames above crossed Kukris with cutting blades pointing downward. Below, a scroll, inscribed “Ubique”. Half domed and struck AA gold. R Mon RE (M). Tbc JSY Fd Sqn (M). Tbc RE Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) TRF Square 50mm by 50mm. Red background (Red 202C) colour with two blue (2965C) stripes on the horizontal and surrounded on all sides by a 3.5mm blue stitched border. Measurements from the top as follows: 6mm Red 8mm Blue 15mm Red 8mm Blue 6mm Red Stable Belt Scarlet 9.5mm, dark blue 11mm, scarlet 35mm, dark blue 11mm, scarlet 9.5mm. Designs vary from leather straps fastened at the left side to cast buckles which fasten in the center and carry the RE cap badge design. Those personnel who have served Air Asslt, Cdo, EOD or who are cap badged R Mon RE (M) are permitted to wear specific designs of buckle in perpetuity. Whilst serving on the strength of QGE, Def Diving Sch or R Mons RE (M), personnel are permitted to wear appropriate design for the unit as authorised by the RE Regtl Col. Special Arm Badge EOD. A yellow bomb on a green felt backing worn on the upper right arm below the TRF when worn on No 8 Dress. A bomb worn on the left forearm on No1 (gold embroidered on a blue backing), 2 and 3 (scarlet if serving on strength of 33 Engr Regt (EOD) otherwise as for No 8 dress), 10 (scarlet) and 11 dress (black). Diver. A divers helmet on a square khaki felt backing with ‘SW’ underneath denotes diver shallow water qualification. An advanced diver has the same badge but without the ‘SW’ whereas a diving supervisor has the helmet silhouette without a backing square. All badges worn on the left forearm on No1 (gold embroidered), 2 and 3 (gold on khaki), 10 (scarlet for officers, black for WO and SNCOs) and 11 dress (black). RE Serial Main Features Description (a) (b) (c) R Mon RE (M). On No 1 Dress, Militia flash is a rectangle surrounded by gold braid on a black background. In No 8 Dress it is green with a black thread overlocking, No 10 dress on a scarlet background. Can be worn on Nos 1, 2, 10 and 13 dress at regimental expense.