Mess Dress - Male

The Royal Welsh Mess Dress - Male

Mess Dress combines the scarlet Welsh Brigade jacket, wearer-specific overalls and waistcoat, collar and rank badges, miniatures, white shirt and formal boots.

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Description

Mess Dress combines the scarlet Welsh Brigade jacket, wearer-specific overalls and waistcoat, collar and rank badges, miniatures, white shirt and formal boots.

Specification

Gender

Male

Wear

No. 10 Mess Dress is defined by Serials 36 to 43 of the Royal Welsh dress table.

Commercial Boundary

Goldings’ WordPress catalogue records the customer-facing parent name “The Royal Welsh Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete”.

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

  • The Royal Welsh Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

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

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Included

Trousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent

  • Royal Welsh Officer Mess Overalls

Replace the ambiguous combined wrapper with the exact rank-pattern article.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

  • Collarless Marcella Shirt

The atomised officer Marcella product carries the exact local construction; WordPress 69820 is not the same shirt.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

This officer or mixed-role presentation does not assert neckwear: the cited bow-tie row is restricted to the separately modelled roll-collar warrant-officer/NCO composition.

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Shoes or boots

  • Leather Wellington Boots

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

Required

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

  • The Royal Welsh No. 1 Forage Cap

The public product title names its No. 1 construction, while ADR 02.220(a) expressly carries that exact headdress into No. 10 Dress only outdoors when ordered. The forward and reverse edges retain that cap-mediated occasion scope.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • 5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns
  • 5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars

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

  • The Royal Welsh Black Flash
  • The Royal Welsh Officer No. 1 and Mess Collar Badges
  • The Royal Welsh No. 1 Hat Badge

With the forage cap, outdoors when ordered.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Buttons

  • The Royal Welsh Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button
  • The Royal Welsh 22 Ligne Anodised Button

22-ligne buttons at the prescribed cuff/strap/jacket and NCO vest positions; the officer waistcoat has a zip, not button fastening.

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

  • The Royal Welsh Mess Kit Jacket, Vest and Overalls Complete

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Included

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 the prescribed overalls and boxed Wellington boots.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Medals and decorations

  • Miniature Court-Mounted Medals

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

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.

The Royal Welsh Black Flash

Badges & Insignia

The Royal Welsh Black Flash

Conditional · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Royal Welsh No. 1 Hat Badge

Badges & Insignia

The Royal Welsh No. 1 Hat Badge

Conditional · With the forage cap, outdoors when ordered.

The Royal Welsh Officer No. 1 and Mess Collar Badges

Badges & Insignia

The Royal Welsh Officer No. 1 and Mess Collar Badges

Conditional · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Royal Welsh 22 Ligne Anodised Button

Buttons

The Royal Welsh 22 Ligne Anodised Button

Conditional · 22-ligne buttons at the prescribed cuff/strap/jacket and NCO vest positions; the officer waistcoat has a zip, not button fastening.

The Royal Welsh Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button

Buttons

The Royal Welsh Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button

Conditional · Only with the selected cap; male Mess cap outdoors when ordered.

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 the prescribed overalls and boxed Wellington boots.

The Royal Welsh No. 1 Forage Cap

Hats

The Royal Welsh No. 1 Forage Cap

Conditional · The Royal Welsh No. 1 Hat: No. 1 headdress is worn with No. 10 Dress only outdoors when ordered under ADR 02.220(a).

5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns

Rank

5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars

Rank

5/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Collarless Marcella Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Collarless Marcella Shirt

Required · Royal Welsh officer No. 10 Dress: plain white collarless Marcella-front shirt with double cuffs

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.

Braces

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Braces

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Royal Welsh Officer Mess Overalls

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Royal Welsh Officer Mess Overalls

Conditional · Selected lower-garment alternative; keep the skirt/dress option for women. Officer overalls use boxed Wellingtons; WO/NCO trousers fall over George boots.