Mess Dress - Male

The Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress - Male

Royal Gurkha Rifles male officer Mess Dress with a closed-neck regimental jacket, rifle-green high-neck waistcoat and collarless shirt.

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Description

Specification

Gender

Male

Fittings

Small 3/8-inch black rank and the regimental Mess braided shoulder cords. No wing collar or Service front buttons.

Lower garment

Black overalls with 1.9-inch braid, with authorised George or Wellington boots. Spurs only for entitled Field Officers or Adjutants in the appropriate boxed-boot configuration.

Headdress

Side cap outdoors when ordered.

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

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Included

Trousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Black Braided Overalls

Male officers, warrant officers and senior NCOs in the authorised No. 10 pattern; tropical SNCO trousers remain separate.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

  • Collarless White Shirt

The exact route-local product is published without asserting identity with the differently described WordPress 69820 shirt.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

RGR closed-neck Mess uses the prescribed collarless shirt, without a wing collar.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Shoes or boots

  • Leather Wellington Boots
  • Black Leather George Boots

Ordinary male officer No. 1 and Service Dress; authorised George boot option for officer Mess, with Wellington retained as the other Mess option.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Socks, stockings or tights

  • Authorised socks or hose

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

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Headdress

  • Rifle-Green Side Cap

Male officer Mess outdoors when ordered; officer boss fitting remains distinct from the SNCO shank-and-split-pin badge.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • 3/8 Inch Black Metal Crowns
  • 3/8 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

The measured 3/8-inch stocked products own the Mess relationship. The unmeasured 'small black metal' source nodes provide supporting evidence, not a second customer product.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank carrier

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress Braided Shoulder Cords

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Badges and insignia

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles Beret Badge

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Buttons

  • Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)

The 40-ligne Service front button is not the Mess net-button construction.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Scabbard

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Sword knot

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Sword belt, slings or frog

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Waistcoat or cummerbund

  • Rifle-Green High-Neck Waistcoat

Rifle-green high-neck Mess waistcoat in the appropriate officer or WO/SNCO fit. Waistcoat retained as a uniform source specification; public sale listing withheld because no standalone WordPress product matches.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Belt or sash

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

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

  • Braces

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Spurs

  • Short Swan-Neck Box Spurs

Field Officers and Adjutants only, with authorised overalls and spur-box boots; not ordinary trousers or a skirt.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

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

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.

Royal Gurkha Rifles Beret Badge

Badges & Insignia

Royal Gurkha Rifles Beret Badge

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)

Buttons

Black Regimental Buttons (22 Ligne Cap Button)

Conditional · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Black Leather George Boots

Footwear

Black Leather George Boots

Conditional · Ordinary male officer No. 1 and Service Dress; authorised George boot option for officer Mess, with Wellington retained as the other Mess option.

Leather Wellington Boots

Footwear

Leather Wellington Boots

Required · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Short Swan-Neck Box Spurs

Footwear

Short Swan-Neck Box Spurs

Conditional · Field Officers and Adjutants only, with authorised overalls and spur-box boots; not ordinary trousers or a skirt.

Rifle-Green Side Cap

Hats

Rifle-Green Side Cap

Conditional · Male officer Mess outdoors when ordered; officer boss fitting remains distinct from the SNCO shank-and-split-pin badge.

3/8 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

Rank

3/8 Inch Black Metal Bath Stars

Conditional · Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress: 3/8-inch black stars according to substantive rank

3/8 Inch Black Metal Crowns

Rank

3/8 Inch Black Metal Crowns

Conditional · Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress: 3/8-inch black crown where required by substantive rank

Collarless White Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Collarless White Shirt

Required · Royal Gurkha Rifles No. 10 Dress: plain white collarless shirt secured with cufflinks

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Shoulder Details

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

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.

Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress Braided Shoulder Cords

Shoulder Details

Royal Gurkha Rifles Mess Dress Braided Shoulder Cords

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Braces

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Braces

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Royal Gurkha Rifles Black Braided Overalls

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Royal Gurkha Rifles Black Braided Overalls

Conditional · Male officers, warrant officers and senior NCOs in the authorised No. 10 pattern; tropical SNCO trousers remain separate.