Reflected this and the average soldier’s uniform from head to toe included: theġ905 Pattern service dress cap which was a woollen khaki coloured peaked cap Britain’s army was a small, well trained professional force withĭecades of combat and campaign experience. The khaki enabled troops to conceal themselves farīetter than their French allies’ blue and red and their German adversaries’įield grey. Their 1903 pattern ammunition bandoliers rather than infantry webbing ( source )ġ914 the British Army’s uniform was one of the most advanced and practical wornīy the combatant nations. Prepare to leave Hyde Park Barracks and head to war, on 15th August 1914. Scraping tool kept in the left breast pocket. Than the webbing equipment used by the infantry to carry ammunition and equipmentĬavalry troopers wore the 1903 Pattern leather bandolier which could carry 90Ĭavalrymen wore a cord lanyard on their left shoulder which attached a hoof The ammunition boots worn by the infantry were worn but The army had all but disappeared with only small variations in button style andĬap badges remaining. By 1914 the differences in uniform between the two major components of Same sort of tunic and caps khaki replacing the myriad of different colours and Uniform was revolutionary in that both the infantry and cavalry now wore the Robert Gibb’s ‘The Thin Red Line’ showing the 93rd halting charging Russian 12th Ingermanland Hussars at the Battle of Balaclava ( Source) Scarlet coats were retained for parades and home service. Inġ902 the British army introduced khaki Field Service Dress, although the famous India where it had been worn since the early 1850s, it was first worn byīritish troops outside India during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867–68 after British troops fought in red for the last time at the Battle of Gennis inġ885, after which khaki field dress was worn on campaign. Worn by British soldiers made them obvious targets against the brush of the On the British, one of the perceived reasons for this was that the redcoats (1880-81) saw Boer irregulars armed with modern rifles inflict heavy casualties Making red/scarlet an increasingly dangerous colour. However, by the end of the 19th century war had evolvedĪnd troops were now armed with highly accurate, repeating magazine rifles Check out the video above and read my full length article below!Ĭenturies the British army was famous for their redcoats which they had worn I recently had the pleasure of putting some research on the British Army’s uniforms during WWI together for the excellent youtube series The Great War.
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