First World War Kit List:  Basic clothing & Equipment:  The Royal Field Artillery, Home Service & the Western Front.

Officers:

The basic Active Service uniform was a combination of the Officers '02 Pattern Service Dress & Breeches, all of superior cut & quality to the OR's uniform. In 1914 it consisted of the following:

• '02 Service Dress Cap, with the RA Gun/Crown/Cipher bronze badge & brass RA buttons.
• '02 Service Dress Jacket, with RA buttons, RA bronze Collar Dogs & RFA brass shoulder titles, with all rank displayed in cloth badges on the sleeve cuffs (edged & scalloped at the closure, with herring-bone pattern khaki tape).
• Breeches, Bedford Cord with Braces
• Khaki Shirt & Tie
• Field Boots (Knee length brown leather) or
• Ankle Boots (brown leather) & Puttees (wrapped from knee to ankle)
• Sam Brown Belt, Spurs & Gloves, brown leather

Other clothing / equipment consisted of:

• Remainder of the Sam Brown rig with 'closed' type holster & ammunition pouch but no sword frog
• Binoculars & brown leather case
• Cavalry Pattern Water Bottle & harness
• Map Case
• Whistle & lanyard
• Walking Stick

Other Ranks:

The basic Active Service uniform was a combination of the '02 Pattern Serge Service Dress & Cord Breeches.  In 1914 it consisted of the following:

• Service Dress Cap (The 'stiff cap' with a shallow rounded {not slashed!} peak) with the RA Gun/Crown/Cipher brass badge & GS buttons.
• Khaki '02 Service Dress Tunic, with GS buttons & RFA brass shoulder titles.
• Breeches, Khaki Bedford Cord with Braces & '02 pattern Waist Belt
• Puttees (wrapped from knee to ankle)
• Boots (brown leather, without toe-cap & dubbined black)
• '02 Pattern 50 Round Bandolier (worn L/H shoulder to R/H hip)
• White Lanyard (worn L/H shoulder)

Other clothing / equipment consisted of:

• Shirt, Grey Flannel
• Clasp Knife (early pattern) & lanyard
• Spurs (worn by all Drivers & some OR Gunners & all NCOs)
• '08 Pattern Water Bottle & 'cavalry' type harness