Talk:Uniforms of the British Army

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Hats

is there some kind of traditional hat for the army infantry specifically? like the australian slouch hat?

Cadetbravo1 (talk) 10:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only thing I can think is the khaki beret. --Panzer71 (talk) 19:33, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What type of dress is the frock coat sometimes worn by officers of the Household Division? 195.137.79.247 14:27, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The link below shows the staggering variation of uniforms worn by the Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals. The site is maintained by an ex-member of the Household Cavalry with the support of the currently serving officers and men.

[1] Panzer71 (talk) 19:33, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

There are none! This article could use some.Lakinekaki 17:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good God

British troops really are the best in the world if their squaddies need to know all that shit. I prefer my "Ceremonial," (Winter/summer) "Barracks" (Winter/summer) "DPCU" (Winter/Summer). 124.180.238.55 (talk) 09:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As laid out in this article, it's pretty theoretical. In practice most people would have "smart" (Service Dress), "working" (Combat 95 trousers and shirt, with jacket in winter) and "combat" (more or less anything in British DPM, but based on Combat 95). Though of course there is a whole "military fashion sense" based around which obsolete or non-issue equipment you wear and how you wear it - see http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Category:Clothing ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.184.230 (talk) 01:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference list

JSP: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=inurl:www.aof.mod.uk/content/docs/jsp336/3rd_ed/vol12/pt3/&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&filter=0 Happy‑melon 17:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History?

Perhaps some notes on the evolution of British military dress compared to the rest of Europe should be added. In particular the fact that British formal military dress seems to have stopped developing after the 19th century (the British set-up of grey double breasted coat/ big tunic / etc is very Prussian). 118.90.85.8 (talk) 12:38, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Links

All the links seem to be dead or not working, should they therefor be removed? 81.170.59.19 (talk) 19:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have managed to link them to archived versions, so they should work now. Lozleader (talk) 11:06, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ruritarians

the cavalry unit shown in the photo behind the Irish Guards is I believe the band of the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry also in full dress 90.197.237.0 (talk) 11:06, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Red Coats

I'm sure the comment under History about the majority of the Army wearing red coats is erroneous. With a few exceptions, I'm sure...by the 19th Century, at any rate...that red tunics were worn only by regiments of foot. Light Infantry and Rifles might wear green, but the artillery, engineers, and various support corps all wore blue tunics. As these support elements constitute the larger part of the Army, then logically the majority of soldiers must have worn blue tunics even before the universal adoption of the No. 2 Dress. This is ignoring the occasional unit that wore something more unusual, like grey. Aodhdubh (talk) 22:10, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, how much of the Army was infantry? Most of it? 76.21.107.221 (talk) 05:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Light infantry wore scarlet tunics until 1914, as did foot guards, line infantry, dragoons, dragoon guards, Life Guards (2 regiments then), Royal Engineers and one regiment of lancers. So only the four Rifles regiments (in green), part of the cavalry, the artillery and the support corps (in blue) were exceptions to what Kipling called "a red little, dead little army".Buistr (talk) 06:58, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The British chose the colour red for their tunics in contrast to the French who had chosen blue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.247.9 (talk) 19:07, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wooly Pully

Does anyone know where this came from? There's no further info except that they exist. But why or how did they come about? 76.21.107.221 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:54, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Moving article

The name "British Army uniform" is in my opinion not a very good title. If you look at all other wiki articles concerning uniforms of a service branch, they are all called "Uniforms of the XXX", I propose to to do the same with this one.Skjoldbro (talk) 16:28, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I don't see any problem with what you propose. SonofSetanta (talk) 18:04, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Has the kilt returned for combat dress?

Hello friends: I found this reference to the UK experimenting with the return of kilts in combat uniforms. https://www.duffelblog.com/2012/05/uk-army-to-wear-kilts-into-combat-again-following-research/ Did anything ever come of it?

Please and thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.28.241 (talk) 01:08, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

'staff uniform'

"Colonel rank and above, do not wear regimental uniform ... rather, they wear their own 'staff uniform'"

Is that something? Or a version of 'Ceremonial'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.162.148 (talk) 04:41, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"No."—with or without a following space?

Greetings and felicitations. As it stands, the article includes several instances of "no. " and many of "no.", and as American I don't know which is correct in British usage (the former is my personal preference). Would someone please enlighten me? —03:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Adding No.8 DPM

Regarding the Obsolete section of the article, another part could be added. This could cover No.8 Woodland Pattern DPM and could go between No.5: Desert combat dress and No.9: Tropical Combat Dress. 17:50, User:Dreddmoto 11 February 2021

Company of Pikemen and Musketeers

Should the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers get a mention? Although ceremonial they are part of the British Army. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.110.51.204 (talk) 11:48, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes 108.254.220.231 (talk) 18:07, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]