Corps of Royal Engineers Mess Dress - Male

• Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

• Mess Dress Trousers

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant

• Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
• Marcella Shirt

The reviewed officer No. 10 rule contains two mutually exclusive occasion branches. Both stocked constructions are shown, but never as two shirts required at once.

• Black Bow Tie
• Stiff Wing Collar

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

• Leather Wellington Boots
• Black Leather George Boots

Black George or Wellington boots with officer overalls and prescribed spurs.

• Authorised socks or hose

Hosiery follows the selected lower garment and footwear under the cited dress rule; no separate Goldings product is asserted.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Optional Side Cap
• Corps of Royal Engineers No. 1 Forage Cap

When headwear is ordered outdoors; QGE and Gurkha headwear remain separate. This side cap remains a source requirement only; it is outside the owner-selected Goldings stock range.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns
• 5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

• Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

The rank carrier depends on the wearer and authorised garment construction under the cited rule.

• Corps of Royal Engineers Mess Dress Collar Badges

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Corps of Royal Engineers 22 Ligne Mounted Buttons

22-ligne mounted epaulette fitting; male waistcoat fittings use the same mounted size, female use is jacket-only.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

Shoulder cords, chains or other details depend on the authorised local pattern.

• Braces

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Short Swan-Neck Box Spurs

Only with the entitled wearer’s overalls and boxed boots; excludes QGE Gurkha officers.

• Orders, decorations and medals as entitled

Orders, decorations and medals are selected by individual entitlement and the occasion.

• Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled

A lanyard or aiguillette is worn only where local custom or individual entitlement requires it.

• Additional authorised item for the occasion

Any additional accessory is controlled by the cited occasion or local dress rule.

• No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Offer the same No.3 Staff pattern conditionally, only for an entitled ADC/Military Assistant/Flag Lieutenant appointment and official duty during that appointment; ordinary officer status alone confers no entitlement.