Royal Air Force Service Dress - Female
RAF female No. 1 Dress with prescribed female trousers or skirt and matching footwear; No. 1A retains base hat, shirt and tie with its ceremonial boards and entitled aiguillettes.
Composition
Description
Specification
Gender
Female
Pattern
RAF female No. 1 Dress with prescribed female trousers or skirt and matching footwear; No. 1A retains base hat, shirt and tie with its ceremonial boards and entitled aiguillettes.
Legwear options
Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or Male No. 1 Service Dress Trousers. These are alternative outfits, not additional garments to wear together. Retain any rank, appointment, occasion and pattern conditions; select footwear and fittings to match the chosen legwear.
Fittings & Lead Times
Measurements are taken and fittings overseen by Geoffrey Golding at the St Albans workroom, with each garment checked throughout the making process for fit, balance, finish and correct detail. Lead time is typically 8-12 weeks, depending on workshop capacity, fitting requirements and the date required.
Related accoutrements
Complete
the uniform
Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.
Badges & Insignia
Service Cap Badge
Required
Badges & Insignia
Wings
Conditional · For qualified personnel entitled to the RAF pilot flying badge; full-size cloth wings on the left breast above the pocket or medal ribbons.
Footwear
Women’s Black Court Shoes
Choose one · With skirt; not with trousers or foot drill OR With skirt; not when marching
Footwear
Women’s Black Gibson Service Shoes
Choose one · With trousers or for prescribed marching/parade use; court shoe with skirt where authorised.
Gloves
Brown Leather Gloves
Conditional · Brown gloves only when not bearing a sword; sword-bearing No. 1 uses white.
Gloves
White Cotton Gloves
Conditional · White gloves when bearing a sword. · White gloves in the ceremonial variant.
Hats
Female Officer Service Dress Hat
Conditional · officers; outdoors only where the order table specifies headwear · Female officer No. 1 hat; Mess headwear outdoors or for the prescribed occasion.
Rank
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Rank
Air Chief Marshal Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Air Chief Marshal
Rank
Air Marshal Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Air Marshal
Rank
Air Vice-Marshal Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Air Vice-Marshal
Rank
Air Commodore Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Air Commodore
Rank
Group Captain Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Group Captain
Rank
Wing Commander Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Wing Commander
Rank
Squadron Leader Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Squadron Leader
Rank
Flight Lieutenant Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Flight Lieutenant
Rank
Flying Officer Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Flying Officer
Rank
Pilot Officer Sleeve Rank Braid
Choose one · Pilot Officer
Shirts & Neckwear
Black Service Tie
Choose one · Conditional · Base black tie; chaplain clerical alternative remains distinct.
Shirts & Neckwear
Chaplain Clerical Collar
Conditional · Chaplain neckwear option
Shirts & Neckwear
Chaplain Spade Stock
Choose one · Chaplain neckwear option
Shirts & Neckwear
Wedgwood Blue Long-Sleeved Shirt
Required · Conditional · Base Wedgwood-blue long-sleeved shirt; not No. 6A.
Shoulder Details
Royal Air Force Aiguillettes
Conditional · Only the appointment entitled under Annex 9A/B and occasion under 0905; select exact type, shoulder and tag. · Appointment-specific type and shoulder, in official attendance as prescribed.
Swords & Belts
Air Officer Gold-and-Blue Ceremonial Sash
Required · Air officers and specified one-star or Royal appointments entitled to No. 1A
Swords & Belts
Royal Air Force Blue and Gold Sword Knot
Conditional · For officers, with the RAF sword when ordered for the selected ceremonial occasion and order of dress.
Swords & Belts
Royal Air Force Sword & Scabbard
Conditional · Choose one · Sword only when authorised/ordered; select the rank-specific scabbard mounts and prescribed normal or hooked-up method.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Male No. 1 Service Dress Trousers
Conditional · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. Matching outfit: Wearers: all-ranks. Gender: female under this option
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
No. 1 Service Dress Skirt
Choose one · Wearers: all-ranks. Gender: female
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Women’s No. 1 Service Dress Trousers
Choose one · Female-cut No. 1 trousers as the prescribed skirt alternative; no male-cut dimension substitution.