This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki. The British soldier went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. Main article: Service Dress (British Army)
Their bandolier equipment would suggest that these men are from a mounted unit. Uniform British soldiers at Christmas 1914 wearing the 1905 forage cap and the 1902 Pattern service dress. The soldier was issued with the 1908 Pattern Webbing for carrying personal equipment, and he was armed with the Short Magazine Lee–Enfield rifle. The British military authorities showed more foresight than their French counterparts, who retained highly visible blue coats and red trousers for active service until the final units received a new uniform over a year into World War I.
UX EXPLOSIVE VERDUN WW1 SERIES
As part of a series of reforms following the Second Boer War, a darker khaki serge was adopted in 1902, for service dress in Britain itself. The value of drab clothing was quickly recognised by the British Army, who introduced Khaki drill for Indian and colonial warfare from the mid-19th century on.
Edmonds writing in 1925, " The British Army of 1914 was the best trained best equipped and best organized British Army ever sent to war". According to the British official historian Brigadier James E. The British Army used a variety of standardized battle uniforms and weapons during World War I. An infantryman of the Worcestershire Regiment on the Western Front in 1916, wearing the 1908 Pattern Webbing Equipment, a Brodie helmet and puttees.
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