Blue Patrol Dress Jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Lorne Scots Regimental Museum

Name/Title

Blue Patrol Dress Jacket

Entry/Object ID

83.4.10 /96.7.4

Description

The inter-war blue Patrol Dress of Lt Colonel Fitzgerald (Lorne Scots). Patrol dress was modelled on the Service Dress tunic, with a standup collar replacing the open collar. Most units wore blue Patrol dress, although Rifle and Light Infantry units were authorised to wear it in black.

Use

Blue Patrols were a semi-formal order of dress commonly worn in social settings where Service Dress would not be appropriate

Context

Lt Col Fitzgerald was the last Commanding Officer of the Peel and Dufferin Regiment and the first Commanding Officer of the Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920 - circa 1933