The Light Dragoons officer service dress — female

The Light Dragoons Service Dress - Female

The Light Dragoons officer Service Dress.

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Description

Specification

Gender

Female

Buttons and shoulders

Plain brass buttons at the matching positions; whipcord shoulder straps with the prescribed rank/title and 22 ligne fitting.

Footwear

Plain brown toecap male footwear or the female brown Service shoe pattern.

Headwear

Select formal or khaki Undress cap with its matching fittings.

Support

Braces with male trousers or overalls.

Legwear options

Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or 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.

Dress specification

Uniform composition

The articles that make up this order of dress. Separately listed pieces are available below; included pieces form part of the uniform itself. Where alternatives are shown, select the authorised combination for the wearer, rank and occasion—they are not all worn together.

Jacket or tunic

  • Service Khaki Jacket

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

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Trousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent

Choose one authorised option

  • Service Dress Skirt
  • 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.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

  • Fawn Shirt

The Army issue No. 2 shirt is the exact source-backed article. WordPress 70074 is not treated as a second shirt or as a proven physical identity without stock evidence.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

  • Light Khaki Silk Knitted Tie

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shoes or boots

  • Women’s Brown Service Shoes

Female brown Service shoe pattern.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Socks, stockings or tights

  • Authorised stockings or tights

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Gloves

  • Brown Leather Gloves

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Headdress

Choose one authorised option

  • Red Forage Cap

ADR 02.212(a)(i) and 09.65 prescribe the No. 1 forage cap for formal No. 2 Dress. Under 02.212(c)(i) the khaki Service Dress cap is an Undress alternative, not worn with medals or a Sam Browne/leather shoulder belt. Reuse the existing cap and its reviewed gender, rank and unit pattern; do not derive a new physical article.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Crowns
  • 5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank carrier

  • Service Whipcord Shoulder Straps

Service whipcord shoulder straps with the prescribed rank/title and 22 ligne fastening. The shoulder straps are retained as a source requirement with the public product listing hidden at the owner’s request.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Badges and insignia

  • Light Dragoons Cap Badge
  • Light Dragoons Service Dress Collar Badges
  • The Light Dragoons Metal Shoulder Titles

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Buttons

  • Light Dragoons Plain Half-Dome Brass Cap Button (22 Ligne)
  • The Light Dragoons Service Dress Plain Brass 22 Ligne Button
  • Light Dragoons 30 Ligne Plain Half-Dome Brass Button

30 ligne plain brass button at the matching Service garment position.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword

  • 1912 / L2A1 Cavalry Officer Sword and Scabbard

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Scabbard

  • 1912 / L2A1 Cavalry Officer Sword and Scabbard

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword knot

  • Brown Leather Sword Knot

Restore the existing source-backed article for the exact eligible scope, retaining all local wear conditions. When the officer's sword is ordered Wearers: officers. when the sword is ordered

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Some options listed

Sword belt, slings or frog

  • Authorised sword belt, slings or frog

The sword belt, slings or frog depend on the authorised sword, wearer and occasion.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Waistcoat or cummerbund

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Belt or sash

  • Cross Belts

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Shoulder cords, chains or other details

  • Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Braces or trouser support

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Spurs

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Medals and decorations

  • Orders, decorations and medals as entitled

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Lanyard or aiguillette

  • Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Dress-specific accessories

  • Whip

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

aiguillettes

  • 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.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Related accoutrements

Complete
the uniform

Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.

Light Dragoons Cap Badge

Badges & Insignia

Light Dragoons Cap Badge

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Light Dragoons Service Dress Collar Badges

Badges & Insignia

Light Dragoons Service Dress Collar Badges

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Light Dragoons Metal Shoulder Titles

Badges & Insignia

The Light Dragoons Metal Shoulder Titles

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Light Dragoons 30 Ligne Plain Half-Dome Brass Button

Buttons

Light Dragoons 30 Ligne Plain Half-Dome Brass Button

Required · 30 ligne plain brass button at the matching Service garment position.

Light Dragoons Plain Half-Dome Brass Cap Button (22 Ligne)

Buttons

Light Dragoons Plain Half-Dome Brass Cap Button (22 Ligne)

Conditional · 22 ligne plain half-dome brass cap button on the formal Service cap. · Khaki Undress-cap button; formal-cap fitting is separate.

The Light Dragoons Service Dress Plain Brass 22 Ligne Button

Buttons

The Light Dragoons Service Dress Plain Brass 22 Ligne Button

Required · 22 ligne plain brass button at the matching Service garment position.

Women’s Brown Service Shoes

Footwear

Women’s Brown Service Shoes

Required · Female brown Service shoe pattern.

Brown Leather Gloves

Gloves

Brown Leather Gloves

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Light Dragoons Red Forage Cap, straight-on with supplied Light Dragoons Cap Badge

Hats

Red Forage Cap

Required · The officer-and-WO1 source atom is an exact selectable specification of the existing Red Forage Cap product, so the uniform uses that single customer product rather than a duplicate atom.

5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars

Rank

5/8 Inch Gold Metal Bath Stars

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

5/8 Inch Gold Metal Crowns

Rank

5/8 Inch Gold Metal Crowns

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Fawn Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Fawn Shirt

Required · Officer Service Dress: Army issue No. 2 Dress shirt in the prescribed pattern

Light Khaki Silk Knitted Tie

Shirts & Neckwear

Light Khaki Silk Knitted Tie

Required · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Shoulder Details

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Choose one · Conditional · 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.

1912 / L2A1 Cavalry Officer Sword and Scabbard

Swords & Belts

1912 / L2A1 Cavalry Officer Sword and Scabbard

Conditional · When the sword is ordered or authorised for the occasion.

Brown Leather Sword Knot

Swords & Belts

Brown Leather Sword Knot

Conditional · Restore the existing source-backed article for the exact eligible scope, retaining all local wear conditions. When the officer's sword is ordered Wearers: officers. when the sword is ordered

Service Dress Skirt

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Service Dress Skirt

Required · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Service Dress Trousers

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

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.