Royal Army Chaplains' Department Mess Dress - Male

• The Royal Army Chaplains Department Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: The Royal Army Chaplains Department Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

• Formal Trousers

The same Department-specific striped formal trousers are prescribed for male RAChD No. 10 Dress.

• Collarless White Shirt

The chaplain-specific collarless shirt is the exact product; generic bow-tie shirts do not apply to the clerical-collar construction.

• Full Clerical Collar

The No. 10 shirt is expressly for use with a clerical collar; the generic black bow tie is not part of RAChD No. 10 Dress.

• Black Leather George Boots

Male RAChD No. 10 Dress specifically requires black George boots; generic Wellington boots must not be inherited.

• 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.

• Royal Army Chaplains' Department No. 1 Forage Cap

Male RAChD No. 10 Dress uses the No. 1 forage cap, which Goldings publishes in the exact male Mess Dress category; the No. 2 cap and beret are not this order.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars — Coloured Centre
• 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Crowns
• Bullion Rank — RAChD Mess, Class 1 and Above

Class 2 and below: the existing 5/8-inch metal crown and gold anodised Bath stars with coloured tops are selected according to rank; the star’s blue dot points towards the sleeve head. The crown is worn on a purple cushion for crown-bearing appointments. Class 1 and above: bullion rank on gold-lace-edged shoulder straps; the ordinary metal configuration does not apply.

• Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

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

• Royal Army Chaplains’ Department No. 1 and Mess Collar Badges
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department Senior Chaplain Cap Badges

For the senior chaplain appointment, with cap outdoors when ordered.

• Royal Army Chaplains’ Department 22 Ligne Gilt Buttons

With the matching cap, outdoors when ordered.

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.

Choose one authorised option

• Royal Army Chaplains' Department Double-Banded Mess Veststock
• or Royal Army Chaplains' Department Black Clerical Mess Waistcoat
• or Roman Catholic Plain Purple Silk Mess Cummerbund

Unified Department male chaplains use a black clerical waistcoat or double-banded silk veststock; Roman Catholic chaplains use the plain purple-silk cummerbund. These are selectable alternatives by denomination and garment choice, and each is a separable catalogue product. Waistcoat retained as a uniform source specification; public sale listing withheld because no standalone WordPress product matches.

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.

• Authorised spurs for an entitled wearer

Spurs apply only to an entitled wearer with compatible overalls or mounted footwear.

• 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 Mess Dress an appointment or Royal aiguillette remains possible only where separately entitled, so the combined slot is conditional rather than universally absent.

• 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.