The Light Dragoons Mess Dress - Female

• Authorised Mess Dress upper garment

The reviewed ADR and Goldings manufacturing sources define only male Light Dragoons officer and NCO mess jackets. No female No. 10 upper-body pattern is supplied, so the male jackets are not assigned to the female projection. The source-backed category is retained without inventing a separate Goldings product.

Choose one authorised option

• Long Mess Dress Skirt
• or The Light Dragoons Striped Overalls

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.

Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant

• Marcella Shirt

Plain white/Marcella undershirt supplied for the closed Light Dragoons Mess jacket; no automatic roll-collar, wing-collar or bow-tie requirement follows.

The standard closed Light Dragoons Mess jacket does not establish the formal stiff-shirt/wing-collar option.

• Women’s Black Court Shoes

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Authorised stockings or tights

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.

ADR 09.65 states that female Army personnel do not wear headdress with Nos. 10 or 11 Dress.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 3/8 Inch Silver Embroidered Crowns
• 3/8 Inch Silver 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.

• Full-Size Dull-Silver Royal Cypher
• Full-Size Gilt Royal Cypher

Specified by the dress evidence but not separately listed as a Goldings product for this uniform.

• Gold Olivettes
• Light Dragoons 22 Ligne Plain Half-Dome Gilt Button

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

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.

• Authorised waistcoat or cummerbund where prescribed

A waistcoat or authorised cummerbund depends on the exact open- or closed-neck Mess Dress pattern.

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

• Two-Ply Straight Gold Shoulder Cords

Two-ply gold Mess cords with the prescribed 3/8-inch silver rank, on the female officer jacket.

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.

• Miniature Court-Mounted Medals

Specified by the dress evidence but not separately listed as a Goldings product for this uniform.

• 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.