He had a number of endearing idiosychronies. I mentioned to him one time on 72 his rather natty knitted black tie which he wore with uniform.
"Not really a tie Dick. I have a chum at Bates (military hatters) who gave me a roll of the material they use for SD cap bands. I cut a suitable length and wear it as a tie."
"But surely, Sir, that won't last very long"
"No, it doesn't last long. So I throw it away and cut another one!"
He also had a 3-piece No 1! He disliked battledress No 2 and this was pre woolly-pully days, so he had a waistcoat to match his No 1. Discarding the jacket in his office, he would sit resplendant in brass-buttoned blue waistcoat - proper seven buttoned suit-type waistcoat - and very smart it looked too.