Now worn by C Squadron, Royal Yeomanry and HQ (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Squadron, 71st Signal Regiment. Originates from belt worn by the British Special Air Service. It was first worn in 1965 by 1 Detachment, 1 Ranger Squadron NZSAS. The colours originate from a concept by David Stirling integrating the Oxford Blue and Cambridge Blue. [3] Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles [ ] Until recently the Royal Navy rarely wore stable belts, unless working in a tri-service environment. However they are now issued as a standard piece of uniform with the new Royal Navy Uniform RNPCS replacing the old No. 4s.

Gymnastic belts have a similar appearance but a different origin, being derived from physical training equipment. Sizes: 6.5cm wide, available in sizes from 28' to 44'. Weighs - 140g (approx.). Colour - 1A tartan. Royal Anglian Regiment Stable Belt

The Rifles Stable Belt.

Sizes: Standard width 7.5 cm; small (to fit up to 32" waist), medium (to fit up to 34' waist), large (to fit up to 36' waist) and extra-large (to fit up to 42' waist). Weight: 130g. Royal Regiment of Scotland Stable Belt A stable belt is an item of uniform used in the armed forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. Gymnastic belts are similar coloured belts used in Brazil and Lebanon. Stable belts or gymnastic belts are also worn by the armed forced of other nations such as Denmark. Originally, stable belts were worn by cavalrymen in the working dress they used for cleaning the stables and tending to their horses, but in the 1950s they spread to all branches of the armed forces, adding a splash of colour and individuality to the drab khaki working uniforms. Initially they were resisted by many senior officers, who saw them as too individualistic, but they soon became accepted throughout the forces. Sizes: Standard width 7.5 cm; small (fits waist up to 30'), medium (fits waist up to 36'), large (to fit waist up to 40') and XL (to fit waist up to 44'). PWRR Stable Belt

caption id="attachment_6022" align="alignnone" width="1500"] New 2017 Royal Navy Stable Belt[/caption] Military Firefighters Corps; which is used with few modifications, since 1887. [1] At first it was rather reinforced, made of cotton and leather, to serve as climbing harness. Today it is mild and only serves as a ceremonial item. Available in the following sizes: Standard width 6.5 cm; small (to fit up to 32' waist), medium (to fit up to 36' waist), large (to fit up to 40' waist) and XL (to fit up to 43' waist). New Pattern Royal Navy Stable Belt When it was formed in 1992, all AGC personnel wore the same stable belt, but the branches gradually won the right to wear the stables belts of their predecessor corps and today only the Staff and Personnel Support Branch wears the AGC stable belt. Stable belts as we know them weren't introduced until 1950... well after the horse ceased to be as ubiquitous as it was.In the Royal Air Force, this belt is worn with service working dress(No. 2 dress) either covering the top of the trousers or skirt and the lower part of the shirt. It can also be worn through belt loops if they have been specially designed to accommodate the belt's width. caption id="attachment_6032" align="alignnone" width="1500"] New 2017 Royal Regiment of Scotland Stable Belt[/caption] Today's stable belt is a wide webbing belt, typically designed in a single solid colour or horizontally striped in two or more different colours. Every regiment and corps of the British Army has its own stable belt which is often quite colourful. New Pattern RAF Stable Belt Individual squadrons wear old stable belts: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Devon Yeomanry, and Dorset Yeomanry. Some obvious others not. The QDG have a nice little myth that the SAS chose 'their' colour after being forced to borrow the QDG belts in the desert of WW2 (I refer you to the date of the introduction of modern stable belts).

Musicians usually wear the stable belt of the regiment or corps with whose band they are currently serving.The Danish Army, Home Guard, and Air Force all use stable belts. The Danish armed forces have had in total 42 different stable belts. Today there are only sixteen in use. Worn by Regimental Headquarters. Squadrons wear old stable belts: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry, and Westminster Dragoons.

Note that these belts are shown in cross section, the stripes actually being horizontal as worn, and are actually considerably wider than shown, although the stripes are shown in correct proportion. Where belts are asymmetrical, the left-hand side of the illustration is the uppermost as worn. Made using the highest quality Government 1A tartan and constructed by our MoD approved manufacturer. Now worn by 68th (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron and the Band of the Royal Yeomanry. Sherwood Foresters stable belt with silver stripe to distinguish EMU OTC from its (foster) parent unit. Stable belts are worn with most styles of informal dress, but not with full dress, service dress or mess dress.

The Rifles regiment was formed in 2007 with the merger of 4 other Regiments of the British army.The Rifles came into being as a result of new Army Structures. It was thought the Light Division would have remained unchanged apart from the light infantry gaining a new battalion with the joining of 2 other regiments, with both gaining a reserve battalion. But on 24 November 2005, the Defense ministry said that the 4 regiments would become one.5 battalion regiments. The battalions of The Rifles was born on 1 February 2007 by joining forces with the 4 Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments.1st Battalionfromthe 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset, 1st Battalion Royal Gloucester shire, Berkshire and Wilshire Regiments. Available in the following sizes: Standard width 6.5 cm; small (fits up to 28' waist), medium (fits up to 32' waist), large (fits up to 34' waist) and extra-large (fits up to 40' waist). Also available in following outsizes: xx-large (to fit waist up to 48'), xxx-large (to fit waist up to 54') and xxxx-large (to fit waist up to 60'). CCF Stable Belt Sizes: Standard width 6.5 cm; small(to fit up to 32' waist), medium(to fit up to 36' waist), large (to fit 38') and XL (to fit up to 44' waist). The Rifles Stable Belt