The khaki service dress introduced in 1902 is seen here, worn by a guard detail at the Tower of London. The Brodrick cap is also worn, by some, well forward on the head and others more to the back. It was an unpopular form of undress cap, and short-lived; it was replaced by the peaked forage cap c1907.
Service dress had detachable shoulder straps at this early stage. The edges of the strap were red for the infantry. A later pattern of service dress tunic had plaited cord shoulder straps, and at least two men seem to have this; third from the end in the front rank, and second from the end in the rear rank. There are also regimental titles sewn on to the top of the sleeve; red cloth embroidered with LINCOLNSHIRE. Below that, in most cases, is a small patch. The caption to this photo, when it was published in Military Modelling in 2002, claims that this shows the number of the battalion. But the man on the end of the rear rank does not have a patch, and the man on the end of the front rank has a different patch to some of the others.
The men wear white leather dress belts, which have a 12 inch sword bayonet suspended on the rear left hip. They are armed with the Long Lee Enfield Mark 1.
Regimental Details | Uniforms
