"British senior officer uniforms?" Topic
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04 Jan 2017 4:31 p.m. PST by Editor in Chief Bill
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olicana | 04 Jan 2017 7:10 a.m. PST |
Did British officers reaching senoir rank exchange regimental uniform for a 'general officer's' uniform? In other words, what facing colours for divisional and brigade commanders? Thanks, James |
keithbarker | 04 Jan 2017 7:36 a.m. PST |
Yes they would, dark blue. But not all general officers followed the regulations, Wellington and Picton being two classic examples. Also Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels commanding a brigade would retain their regimental uniforms. |
Chokidar | 04 Jan 2017 8:25 a.m. PST |
The great thing about British Officers is that the higher they rose the less likely they were to wear uniform – vide Wellesley's despair to get them to stir without their umbrellas |
deadhead | 04 Jan 2017 9:20 a.m. PST |
and, of course, cavalry were a law unto themselves |
Frederick | 04 Jan 2017 9:51 a.m. PST |
You do have a lot of leeway in terms of British senior officers |
huevans011 | 04 Jan 2017 6:55 p.m. PST |
There was a special uniform for general officers with special embroidered lace and epaulettes. The epaulettes became an aiguilette on the right shoulder only, in 1812. Indented cuffs and only a blue patch on an otherwise red collar. The campaign uniform had silk twist instead of the embroidered gold uniform lace. |
huevans011 | 04 Jan 2017 6:57 p.m. PST |
link There you are, m'lad! Courtesy of a google search ye could ha' done yersel' in less time than it took ye to post here. |
COL Scott ret | 04 Jan 2017 10:07 p.m. PST |
Well based on those pictures no there is no "uniform". The Cambridge Dictionary defines uniform: a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people: a type of clothes that is connected with a particular group of people: |
olicana | 05 Jan 2017 12:20 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. There you are, m'lad! Courtesy of a google search ye could ha' done yersel' in less time than it took ye to post here. I googled the pictures too, but without blurb there's no real way of telling what you are looking at. Given the absurdity of British uniforms, I thought it best to check. I do have the information somewhere, I just can't remember, or find, the book it's in. I had a feeling that they went into a blue faced uniform on reaching field rank but, there was the possibility that the ones in the pictures might be just officers out of the Guards / Royal regiments (and a fair few came from there I'd imagine). Always best to double check when it comes to British uniforms if you don't have it written down in front of you. |
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