Royal Lancers female mess uniform with twin white skirt stripes

The Royal Lancers Mess Dress - Female

The Royal Lancers Warrant Officer and NCO Mess Dress.

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Description

Specification

Gender

Female

WO1

Officer-pattern jacket, scarlet-backed rope epaulettes, Wellingtons and straight-neck spurs with the overall outfit.

WO2 and below

Separate jacket/bib pattern with 1-inch lace and 22 ligne shoulder button, white stripes, and named rank/appointment devices.

Legwear options

Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or The Royal Lancers Patrol Overalls. 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

  • Mess Jackets
  • Mess Jackets — and below

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

  • The Royal Lancers Patrol Overalls
  • The Royal Lancers Striped Mess Skirt

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

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

  • Collarless White Shirt

The exact route-local shirt product replaces the generic WordPress 69820 approximation.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

  • Authorised Mess Dress neck treatment where prescribed

The neck treatment is controlled by the cited order and local pattern; no separate Goldings product is asserted.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Shoes or boots

  • Women’s Black Court Shoes
  • Black Leather George Boots
  • Leather Wellington Boots

Officer/WO1 Patrol overall option only, with straight-neck spurs; skirt option uses court shoes.

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

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Headdress

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • Royal Lancers Corporal Rank Badge
  • Royal Lancers Lance Corporal Rank Badge

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

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

  • Authorised regimental or corps badges and insignia

The cited dress rule prescribes authorised regimental or corps badges without a separate Goldings product row.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Buttons

  • Authorised regimental or corps buttons

The cited dress rule prescribes authorised regimental or corps buttons without a separate Goldings product row.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

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

  • Mess White Bibs
  • Mess White Bibs — and below

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

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

  • The Royal Lancers Scarlet-Backed Gold Rope Epaulettes

WO1 officer-pattern Mess only; WO2-and-below carrier is separate.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Braces or trouser support

  • Braces

Braces with trousers or Patrol overalls; excluded when the female Mess skirt is selected.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Spurs

  • Straight Neck Box Spurs

Officer/WO1 Patrol overall and Wellington option only.

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

Related accoutrements

Complete
the uniform

Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.

Black Leather George Boots

Footwear

Black Leather George Boots

Conditional · WO2-and-below female Patrol overall option only; skirt option uses court shoes.

Leather Wellington Boots

Footwear

Leather Wellington Boots

Conditional · Officer/WO1 Patrol overall option only, with straight-neck spurs; skirt option uses court shoes.

Straight Neck Box Spurs

Footwear

Straight Neck Box Spurs

Conditional · Officer/WO1 Patrol overall and Wellington option only.

Women’s Black Court Shoes

Footwear

Women’s Black Court Shoes

Conditional · Court shoes only with the female Mess skirt; Patrol overalls require the matching boxed boots and braces.

Royal Lancers Corporal Rank Badge

Rank

Royal Lancers Corporal Rank Badge

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Royal Lancers Lance Corporal Rank Badge

Rank

Royal Lancers Lance Corporal Rank Badge

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Collarless White Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Collarless White Shirt

Required · Royal Lancers collarless white cotton double-cuff Mess shirt

The Royal Lancers Scarlet-Backed Gold Rope Epaulettes — illustrative image

Shoulder Details

The Royal Lancers Scarlet-Backed Gold Rope Epaulettes

Conditional · WO1 officer-pattern Mess only; WO2-and-below carrier is separate.

Braces

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Braces

Conditional · Braces with trousers or Patrol overalls; excluded when the female Mess skirt is selected.

The Royal Lancers Patrol Overalls

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

The Royal Lancers Patrol Overalls

Conditional · Patrol overalls with the appropriate rank-dependent boxed boots/spurs; female Mess may instead use the separately striped ankle-length skirt. · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. Matching outfit: Patrol overalls with the appropriate rank-dependent boxed boots/spurs; female Mess may instead use the separately striped ankle-length skirt.

Royal Lancers dark blue mess skirt with twin white stripes

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

The Royal Lancers Striped Mess Skirt

Conditional · Striped ankle-length skirt with court shoes, as an alternative to Patrol overalls.