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