Mess Dress c1913

The mess dress worn by officers of the King’s Liverpool Regiment is well shown in this illustration by Edgar Holloway. The style adopted by most infantry regiments was referred to as a rolled collar which in this case meant blue lapels and worn open to reveal a blue waistcoat and stiff white shirt front. The jacket is edged with white and has blue pointed cuffs and blue cloth shoulder straps. There were small gilt buttons on the jacket and waistcoat, and small gilt rank badges on the shoulder straps. The badges on the lapels had the White Horse in silver with a gilt scroll beneath.
The officer with his back to the viewer is in dress uniform; scarlet with blue collar and cuffs. The cuff is decorated with gold lace and braid, not showing rank as was the case before 1902. Rank is shown with embroidered stars or crown on the gold cord shoulder straps. His sword is slung on gold slings which appear to be attached to a hidden waist-belt (webbing) beneath the crimson silk sash. An illustration of the same uniform dated 1935 shows the slings attached to a waist-belt worn beneath the tunic. The back view shows the three buttons on each side of the vent, sewn on to scarlet flaps edged in white.
An officer in the background wears undress uniform; a blue frock-coat with a forage cap that has a red cap-band as worn by Royal regiments. The coat is double breasted with two rows of gilt buttons.

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