Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Proper officers had uniforms by Gieves and their wages were paid by Coutts & Co, who were the Queens bankers so one felt that HRH was paying you herself, or at least one of her minions was on her behalf.
At OCTU in 1965, IIRC we were assigned to Banks as Pay Agents according to our surname initial. Those towards the end of the alphabet went to Coutts, the rest to Lloyds.
Uniform provision was, as noted, done by the circling vultures of the various Mil Tailors. I may have gone for Alkit on the grounds of cost, but as I spent my Initial Outfitting Allowance on a newer car, the drip-feed of paying off their bill dragged on for several years!