Service Dress (British Army)
Service Dress is the style of khaki service dress uniform introduced by the British Army for use in the field from the early 1900s, following the experiences of a number of imperial wars and conflicts, including the Second Boer War. This variant of uniform continues to be worn today, although only in a formal role, as No. 2 Pattern dress.
Service dress (General The Lord Houghton of Richmond)
A private of the 69th Regiment of Foot in about 1880, wearing the home service uniform worn until 1902.
Members of the Corps of Guides in early khaki uniforms
A gunner of the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1916 or 1917, wearing the 1903 Bandolier Equipment.
Service dress uniform is the informal type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for everyday office, barracks and non-field duty purposes and sometimes for ceremonial occasions. It frequently consists of a jacket, trousers, dress shirt, and neck tie, along with orders, medals, and insignia. Design may depend on regiment or service branch, e.g. army, navy, air force, marines, etc. In Western dress codes, a service dress uniform is a permitted supplementary alternative equivalent to the civilian suit - sometimes collectively called undress or "dress clothes". As such, a service dress uniform is considered less formal than both full dress and mess dress uniforms, but more formal than combat uniforms.
Senior officers wearing the service dress of the Royal Australian Air Force, US Marine Corps and US Navy.
Members of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Royal Canadian Navy, with the latter two elements wearing their respective No. 3B Service Dress uniforms
Members of the Israeli Defence Force in their olive-green Madei Alef service dress uniform.
General Sir Nicholas Houghton dressed in the British Army's No. 2 Service Dress.