RAF short sleeved shirts
Could try these:
https://uniformstores.co.uk/raf-mans...leeve-13-p.asp
https://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/r...s-1401735.html
Or Ebay has a few
https://uniformstores.co.uk/raf-mans...leeve-13-p.asp
https://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/r...s-1401735.html
Or Ebay has a few
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The OP is looking for 100% Cotton.
The RAF shirts are really nasty and cheap (just shy of a fiver last time I bought one) - but they are about 80% polyester. There is one that is the same pattern as the RAF one and roughly the same shade by KustomKit - it’s about twice the price and about 70% cotton.
https://www.kustomkit.com/product/co...-short-sleeve/
Otherwise you would need to get a tailor to knock you some up. Here is a company in London that does 100% FAD cotton shirts for the Army - £54 off the peg or £75 made to measure:
Military Shirts
The only other way to get this done is to get enough of you together and put in a THREADS report via clothing stores compalining about the current shirts. Then it will go to the 6 monthly Clothing Committee to consider - you would need at least a Squadron’s worth of reports to make it viable for consideration.
https://www.kustomkit.com/product/co...-short-sleeve/
Otherwise you would need to get a tailor to knock you some up. Here is a company in London that does 100% FAD cotton shirts for the Army - £54 off the peg or £75 made to measure:
Military Shirts
The only other way to get this done is to get enough of you together and put in a THREADS report via clothing stores compalining about the current shirts. Then it will go to the 6 monthly Clothing Committee to consider - you would need at least a Squadron’s worth of reports to make it viable for consideration.
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Mine does not say
Probably because some links don't say what they are made of, and if you search for '100% cotton RAF short sleeved shirts', there does not seem to be any matches on the first two/three pages of links on my search engine, people are only trying to give options that might help the OP, never mind.
Quite why anyone would wish to wear a short-sleeved shirt is beyond me. If you want comfort and a uniform so smart it has a PhD from Cambridge, you should have joined a decent regiment.
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Ahh but it would cost you a fortune chopping and changing every time you merged.
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The issue is indeed just how horrible the polyester issue shirts are. A long hot summer in a base with sub optimal air conditioning has made me consider investing in something a little more comfortable!
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Ah….when we had to wear an issue shirt with a separate collar with the studs.
Then along came a Van Heusen shirt….such an improvement, but of course with a long sleeve, which we rolled up in hot weather. (Always provided shirt sleeve order was authorised)
I can't remember ever being without the tie, but advancing years and the little grey cells falling victim to the G and T.
Then along came a Van Heusen shirt….such an improvement, but of course with a long sleeve, which we rolled up in hot weather. (Always provided shirt sleeve order was authorised)
I can't remember ever being without the tie, but advancing years and the little grey cells falling victim to the G and T.
staircase wrote:
Does anyone else remember the strange duck egg blue green shirt which preceded the Wedgewood blue colour in the very early '70s? I made the mistake of buying one - you couldn't wear it for more than a few hours before it started looking grubby.... One of my earliest stupid decisions!
Then along came a Van Heusen shirt….
In my last job i had to wear No 1s very regularly as i was in a 'representational role'. I quickly realised how poorly made and uncomfortable the issued shirts were/are so took to wearing suitable blue long sleeve cotton shirts by Trywtt or T M Lewin. The only slight giveaway were the double cuffs; I prefer to think of that as style.
Johnny Foreigner never noticed anyway.
Johnny Foreigner never noticed anyway.