Source: File: Officer,
Service Dress 1915.jpg, 2015. By Mike Chappell from The Guards Divisions
1914-45 (Osprey). The Grenadier Guards. [online] Available at: <http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/grenadier1915.h>
[Accessed: 23 January 2015]
Image show a
lieutenant dressed for service in France; The sword and pistol is supported by
two strap Sam Browne belt - a whistle is attached on one side; Leather cases
contain compass and binoculars; Webbing straps on the shoulder to carry
knapsack with a haversack attached to his waistbelt; There is a webbing strap
over left shoulder for the water-bottle; A rolled raincoat would also be
strapped to the back of the belt - The cap khaki including the peak, with a
brown leather chinstrap and gold embroidered grenade badge. Two garter star
rank badges on each shoulder strap, a distinction of the Guards, as line
infantry officers showed their rank stars on their cuffs.
Until this time,
a familiar habit
Had been to
reduce differences
For the men and their
Officers,
Serving on the
frontline - with
Issues of
equipment and arms.
An Army Order of
22 January,
1915, declared
that officers
Were then to be
equipped
In distinct ways - as with any
Officers in peace, who carry
A sword upon
their persons.
Upon the field of
active service -
With exceptions
of infantry
Units - the
mounted officer
Will carry sword
and pistol,
Which in peace,
as currently
Done, will all be
laid down.
Officers of Royal
Engineer units
And infantry
officers - to include
Mounted officers
- when in field
Activity - are
all to be equipped
In same way as
rank and file.
Exceptions are to be bayonet
Frogs', carriers
and entrenching
Equipment - all these
items
Were to be held
as regimental
Implements -
issued to the unit.
The warrant
officer, was also
To follow the
same rule for the
Officers and
corps, on active
Service - and in times
of peace.
All non-commission
officers,
Within the dismounted
units,
Would in times of
peace -
Be armed with the
sword -
But in war are armed with rifles.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Officers
Arms on Service - New Army Order. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 23 Jan. P.11. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11358011/Daily-Telegraph-January-23-1915.html [Accessed: 23 January 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication,
23 January 2015).
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