The 1912 Service Jacket
for British and Commonwealth Officers

THE WEST END GAZETTE for January, 1915, had devoted three pages of tailoring instructions for British officer's Khaki Service Jacket. The uniform was first issued in 1912:

"The latest development in connection with military tailoring is the introduction of a new style of Service Dress for field wear. Its principal distinction from the styles that has superseded is the abolition of the time-honored stand collar in favor of the open step collar style as generally adopted for mufti garments."