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FULL DRESS UNIFORM DETAILS OF THE BRITISH ARMY

REGIMENT	HEADDRESS	FACING COLOUR	TUNIC COLOUR	NETHERGARMENTS
Field Marshals	Cocked hat with ostrich feathers	Dark blue collar	Scarlet Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
Generals, Lieutenant Generals, and Major Generals	Cocked hat with ostrich feathers	Dark blue collar	Scarlet Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
Brigadiers and Colonels	Cocked hat with ostrich feathers	Dark blue collar	Scarlet Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
The Life Guards	Brass helmet, white plume	Dark blue collar	Scarlet Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
The Life Guards Trumpeters	Brass helmet, scarlet plume	Dark blue collar	Scarlet Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
The Life Guards Farriers	Brass helmet, black plume	scarlet collar	Dark blue Tunic	Blue trousers, scarlet stripe
The Blues and Royals	Brass helmet, black plume	Scarlet collar	Dark blue tunic	Dark blue trousers, yellow stripe
The Royal Horse Artillery	Black Busby with white plume and scarlet bag with no braid	Scarlet collar with yellow piping	Dark blue jacket with yellow frogging and dark blue cuffs with yellow austrian knots	Blue trousers, one scarlet stripe
Royal Dragoon Guards	Brass helmet with number 1 within brunswick star, red and white plume	Dark blue collar	Scarlet tunic	Blue trousers, One white stripe
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards(Drum Major)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Pipers)
Queen's Royal Hussars
Queen's Royal Hussars (Pipers)
The Royal Lancers
The King's Royal Hussars
The Light Dragoons	Black busby with bag and white plume
Royal Tank Regiment	Black Beret with black-green-brown plume
Royal Regiment of Artillery				Dark blue trousers
Corps of Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals	Black busby with scarlet plume on left side			Dark Blue Trousers
Grenadier Guards	Black bearskin			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Coldstream Guards	Black bearskin			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Scots Guards	Black bearskin			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Scots Guards Piper	Black bearskin	Dark blue collar	Scarlet tunic with buttons placed by threes	Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Irish Guards	Black bearskin with light blue plume on right side			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Irish Guards (Pipers)	Caubeen			Saffron Kilt
Welsh Guards	Black bearskin			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Regiment of Scotland				Kilt
Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment				Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment				Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	Dark Blue Fusilier Cap			Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Anglian Regiment				Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Yorkshire Regiment	Dark Blue Home Service Helmet with regimental badge within Brunswick Star and spike on top	Brunswick green collar	Scarlet tunic	Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Mercian Regiment				Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Welsh				Dark blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Irish Regiment	Caubeen
The Parachute Regiment	Maroon Beret	Maroon collar		Dark Blue trousers, Maroon stripe
The Royal Gurkha Rifles	Lambskin Busby with Scarlet Plume	Scarlet collar		Rifle Green trousers, black stripe
The Rifles	Lambskin Busby with Scarlet Plume	Scarlet collar	Rifle green tunic, black frogging	Black trousers, black stripe
Special Air Service	Sand Beret	Sand collar		Dark Blue Trousers, Cambridge Blue Stripe
Special Reconnaissance Regiment	Emerald green Beret	Emerald green collar		Dark Blue Trousers
Army Air Corps				Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Army Chaplain's Department			Dark blue tunic	Dark Blue Trousers with one Purple Stripe
Royal Logistics Corps				Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Army Medical Corps				Dark Blue Trousers with one dull cherry Stripe
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (adopted 1979)		Dark blue collar with yellow piping	Dark blue tunic with eight buttons, scarlet piping down the front and scarlet cuffs below a yellow austrian knot	Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Adjutant General's Corps				Dark Blue Trousers
Adjutant General's Corps-Royal Military Police	Dark blue home service helmet with corps badge within brunswick star with spike on top	Scarlet Collar	Dark blue tunic with eight buttons, scarlet piping down the front and scarlet cuffs below a yellow austrian knot	Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Adjutant General's Corps-Education and training services				Dark Blue Trousers
Adjutant General's Corps-Army legal services				Dark Blue Trousers
Adjutant General's Corps-Education and training services				Dark Blue Trousers
Royal Army Veterinary Corps	Dark blue Home Service Helmet with corps badge within Brunswick star and ball on top	Maroon collar	Dark blue tunic	Dark Blue Trousers, one maroon stripe
Small Arms School Corps		Cambridge blue collar	tunic with	Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
Royal Army Dental Corps				Dark Blue Trousers with single emerald green stripe
Intelligence Corps	Green Beret			Dark Blue Trousers
Royal Army Physical Training Corps		Scarlet collar	Dark blue tunic with scarlet cuffs	Dark Blue Trousers with one scarlet stripe
General Service Corps				Dark Blue Trousers
Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Corps		Ascot grey collar	Scarlet Tunic	Dark Blue Trousers
Corps of Army Music				Dark Blue Trousers
Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers (Militia)				Dark Blue Trousers
Honourable Artillery Company (Light Cavalry Element)	Busby			Dark Blue Trousers
Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry Element)				Dark Blue Trousers
A(Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Yeomanry	Black busby, white over black plume, scarlet bag with yellow braid	Black collar, piped yellow	Green jacket with yellow frogging and black cuffs with yellow austrian knot above	Green trousers, two yellow stripes
B (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron (Dudley), Royal Yeomanry
C (Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry) Squadron (Croydon), Royal Yeomanry
D (Shropshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Telford), Royal Yeomanry
E (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron (Leicester), Royal Yeomanry
C&S (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron (London), Royal Yeomanry
The Royal Yeomanry Band (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) (London), Royal Yeomanry
A (Dorset Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Black busby with white plume and scarlet bag with yellow braid	Scarlet collar	Dark blue tunic with white frogging and scarlet cuffs	Dark blue trousers with two white stripes
B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Black busby with scarlet plume and scarlet bag with yellow braid	Scarlet collar	Dark blue tunic with white frogging and scarlet cuffs	Dark blue trousers with two white stripes
C (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Black busby with white over scarlet plume	Collar	Dark blue jacket with yellow frogging	Dark blue trousers with two yellow stripes
D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Black busby with scarlet plume and scarlet bag with no braid and white busby lines	Dark blue collar with white piping	Scarlet tunic with white frogging,	Dark blue tunic with two white stripes
Y (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry
A (Yorkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry
B (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry	Gilt helmet with white plume within brunswick star	Dark blue collar	Scarlet tunic	Dark blue trousers with one yellow stripe
C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry
C & S (Command and support) (Northumberland Hussars) Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry	Black busby with white over scarlet plume and scarlet bag	Blue collar, piped white	Blue tunic with white frogging and blue cuffs with a white Austrian knot above	Blue trousers with two white stripes
A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry	Black busby with white over scarlet plume, scarlet bag with yellow braid, yellow busby lines	Scarlet collar, piped yellow	Blue tunic with yellow frogging and scarlet cuffs with a yellow Austrian knot above	Blue trousers with two yellow stripes
B (North Irish Horse) Squadron, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
C (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse), Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
E (Lothians and Border Yeomanry), Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
Royal Gibraltar Regiment	White Helmet	Slate collar		Dark Blue Trousers, Scarlet Stripe
Royal Bermuda Regiment		Scarlet Collar	Dark blue tunic	Dark Blue Trousers

NUMBER 1 DRESS DISTINCTIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY

REGIMENT	HEADDRESS	FACING COLOUR	TUNIC	NETHERGARMENTS	EXAMPLES
Field Marshals	Dark Blue peaked cap with scarlet band and welt, dark blue welt on the crown seam and two rows of braiding on the peak	Plain blue collar with scarlet gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets	Dark blue overalls with one scarlet stripe
Generals, Lieutenant Generals, and Major Generals	Dark Blue peaked cap with scarlet band and welt, dark blue welt on the crown seam and two rows of braiding on the peak	Plain blue collar with scarlet gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets	Dark blue overalls with one scarlet stripe
Brigadiersand Colonels	Dark Blue peaked cap with scarlet band and one row of braiding on the peak	Plain blue collar with scarlet gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets	Dark blue overalls with one scarlet stripe
Life Guards	Dark Blue peaked cap with	Plain blue collar with no gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets	Dark blue overalls with two scarlet stripes with scarlet welt inbetween
Blues and Royals	Dark Blue peaked cap with	Plain blue collar with no gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets	Dark blue overalls with two scarlet stripes
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards	Dark Blue peaked cap with blue velvet	Plain blue collar with no gorget patches (white button for commissioned officers)	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets and shoulder chains (three buttons on cuffs for commissioned officers)	Dark blue overalls with one white stripe
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Dark Blue peaked cap with yellow vandyked band and yellow welts	Plain blue collar with no gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets and shoulder chains	Dark blue overalls with two yellow stripes
Queen's Royal Hussars	Scarlet peaked cap	Scarlet collar with no gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets and shoulder chains	Dark blue overalls with two yellow stripes	200px
Royal Lancers	Scarlet peaked cap	Scarlet collar with no gorget patches	Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets and shoulder chains	Dark blue overalls	200px
King's Royal Hussars	Scarlet peaked cap		Dark blue patrol tunic with four patch pockets and shoulder chains	Crimson overalls with two yellow stripe
Royal Regiment of Scotland	Glengarry with feathers	Archer green collar with no gorget patches	Archer green patrol tunic with no patch pockets	Kilt