Well, Asturias, Bob Viking has thoughtfully and carefully illustrated, in a very practical way, the problem you face. I have, however, to agree with your contention that you are indeed consistent, at least inasmuch as your apparently rather rushed response to my post still begs the question on the significant omission BV mentions, coupled with the fact that you somehow still can't help yourself, namely by referring to the matters concerned as "fripperies". As BV succinctly and politely suggests, the word "traditions" is the word most of us would use, many of them established over hundreds of years of proud service and usage by members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces.
Jack