The Royal Gurkha Rifles officer service dress — female

The Royal Gurkha Rifles Service Dress - Female

Royal Gurkha Rifles female officer Service Dress.

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Description

Specification

Gender

Female

Rank

Medium 5/8-inch black crowns and stars according to substantive rank; small 3/8-inch rank is for Mess.

Shirt and tie

RA-pattern officer shirt and the prescribed khaki woven tie.

Footwear

Black Service shoes on parade; black courts in the permitted setting.

Specialist badges

The medical-assistant badge is only for the entitled appointment; it is not a general officer badge.

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

  • 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

  • Light Cream Shirt

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

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

Use the specifically specified manufactured pattern; do not relabel existing stock as physically equivalent.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Shoes or boots

  • Black Service Shoes
  • Women’s Black Court Shoes

Black court shoes where permitted off parade.

Dress rule

When applicable

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

  • Black Leather Gloves

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Headdress

Choose one authorised option

  • Rifle-Green Side Cap
  • QGOO Kilmarnock
  • The Royal Gurkha Rifles Rifle-Green Forage Cap

Ordinary officer forage-cap branch; QGOO Kilmarnock is a separate alternative, not an additional cap. The QGOO Kilmarnock remains a source requirement; its separate sale listing is withheld at the owner’s request.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Some options listed

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

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

Officer Service Dress, according to substantive rank.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank carrier

  • Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Badges and insignia

  • Black Metal Shoulder Title
  • Black on Rifle Green RGR / 52 Highland Medical Assistant Badge
  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Officers’ Cap Badge on Black Boss — No. 1 & No. 2 Dress

Silver regimental badge mounted on a black beehive boss, for the officers’ rifle-green forage cap worn with No. 1 or No. 2 Dress. Select only with the forage-cap branch; Kilmarnock, felt-hat and side-cap alternatives have their own fittings. Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options. The medical assistant badge is retained as a source requirement with the public product listing hidden at the owner’s request.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Some options listed

Buttons

  • Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)
  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Black 30 Ligne Tunic Button
  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Service Dress Black 40 Ligne Button

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword

  • Rifle-Pattern Officer Sword and Metal Scabbard

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Scabbard

  • Rifle-Pattern Officer Sword and Metal Scabbard

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword knot

  • Black Leather Sword Knot

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword belt, slings or frog

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Black Sword Belt and Slings System

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product. The webbing sword belt remains a source requirement; its separate sale listing is withheld at the owner’s request.

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

  • Black Pouch Belt

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

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

  • Additional authorised item for the occasion

Any additional accessory is controlled by the cited occasion or local dress rule.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

tie

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Khaki Woven Officer Tie

Officer Service Dress, following the local khaki woven tie specification. Exact Goldings stock pattern unresolved; retain as source requirement.

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.

Single black metal RGR shoulder title

Badges & Insignia

Black Metal Shoulder Title

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Royal Gurkha Rifles Officers’ Cap Badge on Black Boss — No. 1 & No. 2 Dress

Badges & Insignia

Royal Gurkha Rifles Officers’ Cap Badge on Black Boss — No. 1 & No. 2 Dress

Conditional · Silver regimental badge mounted on a black beehive boss, for the officers’ rifle-green forage cap worn with No. 1 or No. 2 Dress. Select only with the forage-cap branch; Kilmarnock, felt-hat and side-cap alternatives have their own fittings.

Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)

Buttons

Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Royal Gurkha Rifles Black 30 Ligne Tunic Button

Buttons

Royal Gurkha Rifles Black 30 Ligne Tunic Button

Required

Royal Gurkha Rifles Service Dress Black 40 Ligne Button

Buttons

Royal Gurkha Rifles Service Dress Black 40 Ligne Button

Required

Black Service Shoes

Footwear

Black Service Shoes

Conditional · Female officer Service Dress on parade.

Women’s Black Court Shoes

Footwear

Women’s Black Court Shoes

Conditional · Black court shoes where permitted off parade.

Black Leather Gloves

Gloves

Black Leather Gloves

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Rifle-Green Side Cap

Hats

Rifle-Green Side Cap

Conditional · No. 2 Dress Undress only; the No. 1 hat is used formally and Hat Felt Gurkha may be ordered instead.

The Royal Gurkha Rifles Rifle-Green Forage Cap

Hats

The Royal Gurkha Rifles Rifle-Green Forage Cap

Conditional · Ordinary officer forage-cap branch; QGOO Kilmarnock is a separate alternative, not an additional cap.

5/8 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

Rank

5/8 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

Conditional · Officer Service Dress, according to substantive rank.

5/8 Inch Black Metal Crowns

Rank

5/8 Inch Black Metal Crowns

Conditional · Officer Service Dress, according to substantive rank.

Light Cream Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Light Cream Shirt

Required · Royal Gurkha Rifles officer Service Dress: RA-pattern officer shirt

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.

Black Leather Sword Knot

Swords & Belts

Black Leather Sword Knot

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Black Pouch Belt

Swords & Belts

Black Pouch Belt

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Rifle-Pattern Officer Sword and Metal Scabbard

Swords & Belts

Rifle-Pattern Officer Sword and Metal Scabbard

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

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.