Royal Army Chaplains' Department Service Dress - Female

• The Royal Army Chaplains Department Service Dress Jacket and Skirt (FAD)

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: The Royal Army Chaplains Department Service Dress Jacket and Skirt (FAD).

Choose one authorised option

• Service Dress Skirt
• or Service Dress Trousers

Choose one lower-garment outfit. The existing skirt/dress or female-cut trousers remain available, with the matching male-pattern trousers or overalls offered as alternatives by Goldings. Rank, appointment, occasion and mounted-duty conditions remain specific to each option.

• Fawn Collarless Shirt

The route-local source supplies the exact officer Service Dress article. Generic issue and WordPress placeholder shirts are suppressed from this composition.

• Full Clerical Collar
• Plain Black Veststock

The local Service Dress prescription specifies clerical collar and black veststock; it does not specify a conventional tie. These products remain source requirements only and are hidden from the catalogue at the owner’s request.

• Black Oxford Shoes

Black Oxford shoes for Service Dress.

• Authorised stockings or tights

The RAChD tables prescribe natural-tan tights or stockings for female No. 1, Service and Mess Dress; no safe atomic stock item models them.

• Black Leather Gloves

The Service Dress table prescribes black leather gloves with the Department-specific construction.

• Royal Army Chaplains' Department Female Service Dress Hat

The female Service Dress row must select the female FAD Service cap, not a beret or the male cap product.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 3/4 Inch Black Metal Crowns
• 3/4 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

Use the existing 3/4-inch black metal stars and crown according to the applicable Service Dress rank. RAChD crown worn on purple cushion for crown-bearing appointments.

• Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

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

• Black Cap Badge
• Chaplain-General Gold-Leaf Gorgets
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department Service Dress Collar Badges
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department Senior Chaplain Cap Badges
• Chaplain 1st Class and Deputy Chaplain-General Gorgets

For the Christian denomination and applicable class; Class 1 wears gorgets instead. Gorget patterns are appointment alternatives: gold leaf for Chaplain-General; plaited braid for Chaplains 1st Class and Deputy Chaplain-General.

• Royal Army Chaplains' Department No. 2 Hat Button (22 Ligne)
• The Royal Army Chaplains' Department Service Dress 30 Ligne Button
• The Royal Army Chaplains' Department Service Dress 40 Ligne Button

Use the WordPress parent grain for the RAChD Service Dress 40/30-ligne button offering rather than exposing one workshop component as the product.

Chaplains do not carry swords; the generic officer sword rule must not flow into any public RAChD uniform.

The scabbard is part of the prohibited sword system for chaplains.

A sword knot must not be inherited where the wearer is expressly prohibited from carrying a sword.

Sword slings and a concealed sword belt are not part of RAChD dress because chaplains do not carry swords.

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

• Cross Belt
• Formal Crossbelt
• Stable Belt

With formal Service Dress; the integral pouch is part of the belt assembly, not an additional standalone product. These products remain source requirements only and are hidden from the catalogue at the owner’s request. The stable belt is retained as a source requirement with the public product listing hidden at the owner’s request.

• Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

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

This exact composition is skirt-only, so braces or other trouser support are not used.

This exact composition is skirt-only, so spurs and spur-box footwear are not used.

• Orders, decorations and medals as entitled

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

Choose one authorised option

• Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled

The Departmental lanyard is expressly not applicable. In Service Dress an appointment or Royal aiguillette remains possible only where separately entitled, so the combined slot is conditional rather than universally absent.

• Formal Pouch

The dress evidence is retained. Items outside the approved Goldings stock range remain source components; any remaining public products in this slot are listed separately.

• 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.