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2. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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   The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). [1] Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier belongs. Full dress presents the most differentiation between units, and ...

3. Khaki drill - Wikipedia

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   The paler tan shade of KD was more suited to desert or semi-desert regions than the "dark khaki" or brown serge used in British Battledress. When the Allies moved up through Italy, however, two-piece khaki denim battledress overalls were increasingly preferred. By 1943, the KD shirt began to be replaced by a more durable cotton KD bush jacket.

4. Combat uniform - Wikipedia

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   British desert version of DPM worn by a British Army officer, right. The new, smaller, all-volunteer Army could also now afford to equip every soldier with his own camouflaged uniform, and following work at the Army Personnel Research Establishment (APRE) a four-colour camouflage pattern was designed in 1960. From 1969 it was issued in limited ...

5. Red coat (military uniform) - Wikipedia

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   Uniforms of the British Army — the Infantry Regiments. Exeter: Webb & Bower. ISBN 978-0-86350-031-2. Kannik, Preben (1968). Military Uniforms of the World in Colour. Blandford Press. ISBN 0-71370482-9. Lawson, Cecil C. P. (1969) [1940]. A History of the Uniforms of the British Army, Volume I: From the Beginning to 1760. London: Kaye & Ward.

6. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I - Wikipedia

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   The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.

7. Awards and decorations of the British Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   (Military Division) GCB: 27 May 1725 [5] [6] 27 May 1725 – present [5] [6] Prior to 2 January 1815, this grade was known as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath. [5] [6] Member of the Order of Merit (Military Division) OM: 23 June 1902 [7] 23 June 1902 – present [7] Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Military ...