Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
Hmmm...Para 0117 seems to indicate that these Retired Officers
may have the authority to wear uniform to this funeral (assuming they are officers, which the OP has not explicitly specified. If not, then Para 0114 kyboshes it:
"Non-commissioned ranks are not to wear uniform after their discharge from the Service". (Discriminatory against ORs? Hot potato..catch!))
0117. Occasions when No 1 Service Dress may be worn. Officers on the Retired and Reserve Lists, Royal Auxiliary Air Force officers and ex officers who are permitted to retain their rank may wear uniform on the following occasions: a. When attending:
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(4) Their own wedding or other military weddings when the sponsor requests the wearing of uniform. (Comment: If the functions 'wedding' and 'funeral' are generally seen as similar social events and the sponsor has requested it...who can stop them?!)
(5) When attending formal Service functions. (Comment: Is this funeral a Service funeral? If so, then the authority is there!)
As an aside, this little nugget should have stopped the untidy gaggle of mixed-dress joint Service detachments who march in Gay Pride! (which is both a Carnival procession and a political meeting).
0113. Occasions on which uniform is not to be worn:
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e. Carnival processions and other occasions when the reputation or political impartiality of the Armed Forces might be brought into question (e.g. political meetings).
After all, the Army recently sacked a Phase 1 trainee for merely having a photo taken with Tommy Robinson. What's good for the goose etc!
An extra aside, I was persuaded by an RBL official to wear uniform to collect donations for London Poppy Day this year and as I am Retired and on the Reserve List I believe this applies:
0117. Occasions when No 1 Service Dress may be worn. Officers on the Retired and Reserve Lists:
b. When participating in an official capacity, in: (1) Non-Service parades. (2) War Memorial services and associated parades.