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Major R. M. Barnes, Plates XX and XXII "A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army", First Sphere Books edition 1792 Colours; The dye used for privates' coats of the infantry, guard and line, was madder. A vegetable dye, it was recognised as economical, simple and reliable and remained the first choice for lower quality reds from the ancient world until chemical dyes became cheaper in the latter 19th century. The National Archives, London, War Office, WO 3/19, p. 329, Infantry and Cavalry to wear their hair Queued Life Guards, Blues and Royals, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and Royal Dragoon Guards wear metal helmets with plumes, the plumes variously coloured to distinguish them. Carman, W.Y. (1968). British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures. Hamlyn Publishing Group. p.158.

Some regiments' officers and WOs may wear coloured pullovers in place of the green pattern; the following regimental patterns and colours are authorised: [31] The scarlet tunic remains in the current British Army Dress Regulations. It is one of three coloured tunics used by the British Army; alongside dark green tunics (used by The Rifles and Royal Gurkha Rifles), and dark blue tunics (used by several units, such as the Royal Artillery). The scarlet tunic is presently used as part of the full dress uniforms for the Life Guards and several other cavalry units, the Foot Guards, the Royal Engineers, line infantry regiments, generals, and most army staff officers of the British Army. [63] The locally recruited Royal Gibraltar Regiment also uses a scarlet tunic as part of its winter ceremonial dress. Barnes, Major R. M. (1951). History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. Seeley Service & Co. From the time of the New Model Army broad-brimmed Flemish hats were worn. After the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 the Monmouth cap, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat, with one side of the brim generally turned up, was introduced. Then came the tall Flemish hat which developed into the low-crowned Carolina hat and the tricorne hat. During James II’s reign the grenadier cap was introduced for grenadiers. Scottish Highland infantry regiments from about 1763 wore feather bonnets.

Prior to 1707 colonels of regiments made their own arrangements for the manufacture of uniforms under their command. This ended when a royal warrant of 16 January 1707 established a Board of General Officers to regulate the clothing of the army. Uniforms supplied were to conform to the "sealed pattern" agreed by the board. [3] :47–48 Broadcloth is so called not because it is finished wide, 54" not being particularly so, but because it was woven nearly half as wide again and shrunk down to finish 54". This shrinking, or milling, process made the cloth very dense, bringing all the threads very tightly together, and gave a felted blind finish to the cloth. These factors meant that it was harder wearing, more weatherproof and could take a raw edge; the hems of the garment could be simply cut and left without hemming as the threads were so heavily shrunk together as to prevent fraying. The cloth for private soldiers used up until the late 18th century was plain weave broadcloth weighing 16 oz per square yard, made from coarser blends of English wool. The weights often quoted in contemporary documents are given per running yard, though; so for a cloth of 54" width a yard weighed 24 oz. This sometimes leads to the erroneous statement that the cloth weighed 24 oz per square yard. That the term "redcoat" was brought to Europe and elsewhere by Irish emigrants is evidenced by Irish nobleman and soldier Philip O'Sullivan Beare, who mentions the 'Battle of the Redcoats' event in his 1621 history of the Tudor conquest of Ireland, written in Latin in Spain. He wrote of it as "that famous victory which is called 'of the red coats' [ illam victoriam quae dicitur 'sagorum rubrorum'] because among others who fell in battle were four hundred soldiers lately brought from England and clad in the red livery of the viceroy." [3]

Holmes, Richard (2001). Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-257097-8.Find sources: "British soldiers in the eighteenth century"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Some Regiments and Corps wear a stable belt in No 8 dress whilst others restrict its use to Nos 13 and 14 Dress. On exercises and operations the stable belt is replaced with a plain green field belt, with nylon Personal Load Carrying Equipment and the Osprey body armour vest with pouches attached using the PALS system being worn for load-bearing purposes.

Qualified personnel serving with a unit forming part of air assault, or commando formations or with Army Aviation Units. [18] a b 33rd Regiment of Foot. "33rd Regiment of Foot Uniform". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012 . Retrieved 4 August 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) a b c d e f g h i j "Army Dress Regulations 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence . Retrieved 19 November 2018. Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1990). The Napoleonic Source Book. London: Guild publishing. ISBN 978-1-85409-287-8. United States [ edit ] The United States Marine Band wears a red uniform for performances at the White House and elsewhere.The stems of Rubia tinctorum were used to make the rose madder dye. Rose madder was commonly used for the coats of privates. Elizabeth I: volume 180, June 1595", in Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, 1592–1596, ed. Hans Claude Hamilton (London, 1890), p. 322. Reenactors in the red-coated uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot as worn during the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816. Note the brighter scarlet of the officer on the right. Esposito, Gabriel (24 March 2015). Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864-70. p.44. ISBN 978-1-4728-0725-0. Khaki Uniform 1848–49: First Introduction by Lumsden and Hodson", Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, JSAHR 82 (Winter 2004) pp 341–347

Troopers of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in their blue light cavalry-style full dress uniform Rinaldi d'Ami, World Uniforms in Colour— Volume 2: Nations of America, Africa, Asia and Oceania, ISBN 978-0-85059-040-1 John Moore (1786). States of the Pay of the Several Regiments of Horse, Dragoons, Foot, and Royal Artillery, on the Peace Establishment of Ireland. Dublin: R. Marchbank, pp. 2, 24, 50, 79. On an 18th-century battlefield, the camp set up by a regiment would have been extremely simplistic in terms of possessions and comforts. [24] Only the very basic necessities would have been taken as everything a regiment needed had to be carried while on the move. [25] No. 1 dress originated in the "undress" uniforms ('blue Patrols') worn for semi-formal or ordinary duty occasions in the late 19th century. It was first issued in its current form for the 1937 Coronation, intended as a cheaper alternative to the full dress uniforms that had been generally withdrawn after 1914. It became known as No. 1 Dress in 1947. Army units participating in the 1953 Coronation wore the new uniform as a temporary issue. [14]Carman, W.Y. (1968). British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures. Hamlyn Publishing Group. Several military units continue to use a red-coloured coat as a part of their ceremonial uniform. In Europe, red-coloured coats are still used by the Danish Royal Life Guards, [85] and the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene of the Royal Netherlands Army. The latter unit's red-coloured tunics are derived from British style red coats, in commemoration of the unit's foundation in exile in the United Kingdom during World War II. [86] The National Archives, London, War Office, WO 26/21, p. 509, Regulation for the Uniform Clothing of the Cavalry and Camp Colours Schulz, Hugo F. W. (1992). Die Preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/14. p.13. ISBN 3-89350-343-9.