# Stable belt

A stable belt is a striped coloured belt worn at times by the armed forces of the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and a few other countries including Denmark, Brazil and Lebanon. The stripes vary by regiment and corps, identifying the wearer's unit. In Brazil and Lebanon they are known as gymnastic belts.
The term "stable belt" originates from when UK cavalrymen would place the surcingle around the waist when cleaning the stables and tending to their horses. In the 1950s they spread to all branches of the armed forces, adding a splash of colour and individuality to the drab khaki working uniforms. Initially they were resisted by many senior officers, who saw them as too individualistic, but they soon became accepted throughout the UK forces, and spread to the forces of a number of other countries. The "gymnastic belt" of some countries has a similar appearance and purpose, with a name reflecting its origin in physical training equipment. Sword belts of similar appearance are used on ceremonial occasions by some military forces.

## Australia

The Australian Army adopted the stable belt in the late 1970s, however they were removed from service in 1995.

## Brazil

In Brazil, the gymnastic belt (Portuguese: cinto ginástico) is one of the most traditional elements of the uniforms of the Military Firefighters Corps. It has been used with few modifications since 1887. Made of cotton and leather, earlier examples were reinforced to serve as climbing harnesses. Modern gymnastic belts are of lighter construction and only worn as ceremonial item. There are two versions of the gymnastics belt:
    For Officers:
    The belt is red with a horizontal stripe in blue, with silver-coloured metal buckles. In the 1960s, the leather components were white.
    For other ranks (sergeants, corporals, and privates):
    The belt is red, with gold-coloured metal buckles.

## Denmark

The Danish Army, Home Guard, and Air Force all use stable belts. The Danish Defence's close co-operation with the British Army of the Rhine in the 1950s created the interest in a similar belt for the Guard Hussar Regiment, which was introduced in 1968. In the late 1970s it was decided to allow stable belts for all regiments in Denmark. The design of the belt would be based on the colours of the regiment, and a colour to signify their role. To show the transition between role and regiment colours, a thin line was introduced, there is however no system with these.
* Red: Combat troops
* Blue: Signal troops
* Gray: HMAK
The Danish armed forces have had a total of 43 different stable belts, of which about sixteen remain in use. Only the standard black stable belt is issued, other belts have to be purchased individually, so are neither regulation nor compulsory.

### In use

* Standard belt used by Danish forces
* Royal Life Guards
* Schleswig Regiment of Foot (2.Reg)
* Jutland Dragoon Regiment
* Guard Hussar Regiment
* Guard Hussar Regiment III. Battalion
* Danish Artillery Regiment
* Engineer Regiment
* Logistic Regiment
* Joint Signals Regiment
* Intelligence Regiment
* Army Staff
* Danish Home Guard
* Joint Arctic Command
* Royal Danish Air Force
* United Nations peacekeeping

### Disbanded regiments

* Danish Life Regiment 1.Reg
* Prince's Life Regiment 3.Reg
* Zealand Life Regiment 4.Reg
* Funen Life Regiment 6.Reg
* King's Jutlandic Regiment of Foot 7 & 9.Reg
* Queen's Life Regiment 8.REG
* Marine Regiment
* Army Combat and Fire Support Center
* Crown Artillery Regiment
* King's Artillery Regiment
* Queen's Artillery Regiment
* North Jutland Artillery Regiment
* Southern Jutland Artillery Regiment
* Zealandic Logistic Regiment 1961-1997 Danish International Logistical Center 2000-2005
* Zealand Engineer Regiment
* Zealand Signal Regiment
* Jutlandic Air Defence Regiment
* Army Air Service
* Armed Forces Bornholm (all branches)
* Intendant Corps
* HMAK

## Lebanon

Lebanese firefighters (الدفاع المدني, i.e. "Civil Defense") use the same type of gymnastic belt as used by firefighters in Brazil.

## New Zealand

The various Corps and Regiments of the New Zealand Army wear stable belts. Most corps wear the same patterns of belt as their counterparts in the British Army

### Corps and regiments
#### Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles;

The QAMR belt is black with a central amber stripe as used by the original Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles, they are also the colours of the Taranaki, where the unit's foundations were laid in the early 1860s.

#### Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment;

Personnel of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, with the exception of those serving in Territorial Force battalion groups, wear the regimental belt of the Durham Light Infantry, being rifle green with two thin red stripes. The belt was adopted as the RNZIR Corps belt in 1970. The Durham Light Infantry regimental belt was given to the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment when it relieved the 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry at Sarawak, Borneo in May 1966.

#### New Zealand Special Air Service;

Originates from belt worn by the British Special Air Service. It was first worn in 1965 by 1 Detachment, 1 Ranger Squadron NZSAS. The colours originate from a concept by David Stirling integrating the Oxford Blue and Cambridge Blue.

#### Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment;

The Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment stable belt is blue with a silver buckle displaying the regimental badge surrounded by the regimental motto "Ma Nga Hua Tu-Tangata" (By our actions we are known).

### Reserve Infantry Battalions

The reserve battalions of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment retain their own patterns of stable belt. In 2013 the reserve battalions were amalgamated, reducing their number from six to three. No decision was made on the future of the various battalions' belts.
| 2nd (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) Battalion | 2nd (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) Battalion | 3rd (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland) Battalion | 3rd (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland) Battalion | 4th (Otago and Southland) Battalion | 4th (Otago and Southland) Battalion |
| | | | | Mackenzie tartan | Mackenzie tartan |
| 5th (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) Battalion (Officers and Warrant Officers) | 5th (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) Battalion (Officers and Warrant Officers) | 5th (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) Battalion (Other soldiers) | 5th (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) Battalion (Other soldiers) | 6th (Hauraki) Battalion | 6th (Hauraki) Battalion |
| 7th (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay) Battalion | 7th (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay) Battalion | | | | |

#### 2nd (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) Battalion;

Rifle green, as worn by the Battalions Allied Regiment, The Royal Irish Rangers.

#### 3rd (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland) Battalion;

Two sets of thin red and white stripes on a black background, adopted in 1995. Originally the belt consisted of three evenly-sized stripes of red, black, and white, and were based on the regiment's colours.

#### 4th (Otago and Southland) Battalion;

The Otago and Southland Regimental belt is that of Queen's Own Highlanders, and is the pattern of the McKenzie tartan.

#### 5th (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) Battalion;

Two separate belts are worn; officers and warrant officers wear a black belt with central stripes of red, green, yellow, mauve, and red, while soldiers below the rank of warrant officer wear a black belt with central stripes of yellow, red, green, and mauve. The belts adopted in 1973 were based on the Royal Hampshire Regiment with colours stemming from the regimental colours and the colours of the lace and facings on the uniforms of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment.

#### 6th (Hauraki) Battalion;

Thames blue with a gold strip in the middle, derived from the old Royal Warwickshire Regiment which in turn is derived from the old 6th Regiment of Foot. The 6th Foot were once charged with guarding the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London; hence the blue of the belt represents the Thames river and the gold stripe, the crown jewels. The belt was introduced in 1975 and has a buckle in worn centre which has the Regiments badge mounted.

#### 7th (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay) Battalion;

The 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group inherited the York and Lancaster Regiment stable belt. The belt is composed of maroon bands at the top and bottom (16mm wide), with a centre stripe of black (18mm wide) with a silver stripe above and gold stripe (each 6mm wide) below the centre strip. The York and Lancaster Regiment was allied to the Wellington Regiment in 1913 in recognition of the York and Lancs (65th of Foot) 19 year participation in the New Zealand Wars.

## United Kingdom

A stable belt is a wide webbing belt comprising a single solid colour or horizontally striped in two or more different colours. The original cavalry regiment stable belts buckled at the side using leather straps in order to both avoid chafing the wearer's stomach while undertaking stable work and avoid marking or catching upon the horse's harness. Many contemporary stable belts now secure at the front using a metal clip or metal plate bearing a regimental/service emblem. Whilst a limited number of army regiments, including the Light Infantry, secure their stable belts at the front using the original two leather straps, generally those belts fitted with leather straps are secured on the left-hand side.
The belt is worn around the waist and in the case of PCS is fitted through the trouser belt loops. In the British Army and Royal Marines, when worn with barrack dress, the belt is placed either through the belt loops of trousers or a skirt, or over a jersey. In the Royal Air Force (RAF), it is worn with service working dress (No. 2 dress) either covering the top of the trousers (or skirt) and the lower part of the shirt, or through the belt loops if able to accommodate the belt's width. Unlike the Army, the RAF do not wear the belt over the jersey. (The former Royal Observer Corps conformed to RAF dress regulations). Historically, the Royal Navy rarely wore stable belts unless working in a tri-service environment. However, these are now available as part of the new Royal Navy uniform RNPCS, replacing the old No. 4 Dress.
Stable belts are worn with most styles of informal dress, but not with full dress, service dress or mess dress. Every regiment and corps of the British Army has its own stable belt and, as is the case throughout the UK armed services, belts are not issued but purchased by individual service personnel at their own expense and are therefore optional items of uniform/equipment. However, their widespread use effectively renders them a standard uniform item.
The following belt patterns are shown in cross section, the stripes actually being horizontal as worn, and are actually considerably wider than shown, although the stripes are shown in correct proportion. Where belts are asymmetric, the left-hand side of the illustration is the uppermost as worn.

### Cavalry/armoured regiments

| Life Guards | Life Guards | Blues and Royals | Blues and Royals |
| 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | Royal Dragoon Guards | Royal Dragoon Guards |
| Queen's Royal Hussars | Queen's Royal Hussars | 9th/12th Royal Lancers | 9th/12th Royal Lancers | King's Royal Hussars | King's Royal Hussars |
| Light Dragoons | Light Dragoons | Queen's Royal Lancers | Queen's Royal Lancers | Royal Tank Regiment | Royal Tank Regiment |
| Royal Yeomanry | Royal Yeomanry | Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry | Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry | Royal Wessex Yeomanry | Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
| Queen's Own Yeomanry |

### Infantry regiments (current)

| Foot Guards | Foot Guards | Royal Regiment of Scotland | Royal Regiment of Scotland | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |
| Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | Royal Anglian Regiment | Royal Anglian Regiment |
| Yorkshire Regiment | Yorkshire Regiment | Mercian Regiment | Mercian Regiment | Royal Welsh | Royal Welsh |
| Royal Irish Regiment | Royal Irish Regiment | Parachute Regiment | Parachute Regiment | Royal Gurkha Rifles | Royal Gurkha Rifles |
| The Rifles | The Rifles | Special Air Service | Special Air Service | Royal Gibraltar Regiment | Royal Gibraltar Regiment |

### Corps

| Royal Horse Artillery | Royal Horse Artillery | Royal Artillery | Royal Artillery | Royal Engineers | Royal Engineers |
| Royal Corps of Signals | Royal Corps of Signals | Army Air Corps | Army Air Corps | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | Royal Army Chaplains' Department |
| Royal Logistic Corps | Royal Logistic Corps | Royal Army Medical Corps | Royal Army Medical Corps | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) | Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) | Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police) | Adjutant General's Corps (Royal Military Police) | Adjutant General's Corps (Military Provost Staff) | Adjutant General's Corps (Military Provost Staff) |
| Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services) | Adjutant General's Corps (Educational and Training Services) | Adjutant General's Corps (Army Legal Services) | Adjutant General's Corps (Army Legal Services) | Adjutant General's Corps (Military Provost Guard Service) | Adjutant General's Corps (Military Provost Guard Service) |
| Royal Army Veterinary Corps | Royal Army Veterinary Corps | Small Arms School Corps | Small Arms School Corps | Royal Army Dental Corps | Royal Army Dental Corps |
| Intelligence Corps | Intelligence Corps | Royal Army Physical Training Corps | Royal Army Physical Training Corps | Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps | Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps |
| Royal Corps of Army Music |
| Queen's Gurkha Engineers | Queen's Gurkha Engineers | Queen's Gurkha Signals | Queen's Gurkha Signals | Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment | Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment |
| Honourable Artillery Company |

### Sub-units

| 1 Regiment RHA | 1 Regiment RHA | | | | |
| 4 Regiment RA | 4 Regiment RA | 5 Regiment RA | 5 Regiment RA | 29 Commando Regiment RA | 29 Commando Regiment RA |
| B Battery RHA | B Battery RHA | E Battery RHA | E Battery RHA | F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery RHA | F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery RHA |
| G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop) RHA | G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop) RHA | I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop) RHA | I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop) RHA | K (Hondeghem) Battery RA | K (Hondeghem) Battery RA |
| L (Néry) Battery RHA | L (Néry) Battery RHA | N Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA | N Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA | O Battery (The Rocket Troop) RHA | O Battery (The Rocket Troop) RHA |
| P Battery (The Dragon Troop) RA | P Battery (The Dragon Troop) RA | Q (Sanna's Post) Battery RA | Q (Sanna's Post) Battery RA | | |
| 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA | 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA | 38 (Seringapatam) Battery RA | 38 (Seringapatam) Battery RA | 46 (Talavera) Battery RA | 46 (Talavera) Battery RA |
| 53 (Louisburg) Battery RA | 53 (Louisburg) Battery RA | 129 (Dragon) Battery RA | 129 (Dragon) Battery RA | | |
| 1 Squadron HAC | 1 Squadron HAC | 2 Squadron HAC | 2 Squadron HAC | 3 Squadron HAC | 3 Squadron HAC |
| Signal Squadron HAC | Signal Squadron HAC | Corps of Drums HAC | Corps of Drums HAC | A (1st City of London) Battery HAC | A (1st City of London) Battery HAC |

### Training units

| Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Aberdeen Universities Officers Training Corps | Aberdeen Universities Officers Training Corps | Birmingham Universities Officers Training Corps | Birmingham Universities Officers Training Corps | Bristol University Officers Training Corps | Bristol University Officers Training Corps |
| Cambridge University Officers Training Corps | Cambridge University Officers Training Corps | City of Edinburgh Universities Officers Training Corps | City of Edinburgh Universities Officers Training Corps | East Midlands Universities Officer Training Corps | East Midlands Universities Officer Training Corps |
| | | Hunting Stewart Tartan | Hunting Stewart Tartan | | |
| Exeter University Officers Training Corps | Exeter University Officers Training Corps | Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officers Training Corps | Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officers Training Corps | Leeds University Officers Training Corps | Leeds University Officers Training Corps |
| Liverpool University Officers Training Corps | Liverpool University Officers Training Corps | Manchester and Salford Universities Officers Training Corps | Manchester and Salford Universities Officers Training Corps | Northumbrian Universities Officers Training Corps | Northumbrian Universities Officers Training Corps |
| Oxford University Officers Training Corps | Oxford University Officers Training Corps | Queen's University Officers Training Corps | Queen's University Officers Training Corps | Sheffield University Officers Training Corps | Sheffield University Officers Training Corps |
| Southampton University Officers Training Corps | Southampton University Officers Training Corps | Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps | Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps | University of London Officers Training Corps | University of London Officers Training Corps |
| | | Hunting Stewart Tartan | Hunting Stewart Tartan | | |
| University of Wales Officers Training Corps |

### Other services

| Royal Navy | Royal Navy | Royal Marines | Royal Marines | Royal Air Force | Royal Air Force |

### Other organisations

| First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | Royal Corps of Naval Constructors | Royal Corps of Naval Constructors | Falkland Islands Defence Force | Falkland Islands Defence Force |

### Youth cadet units

| Sea Cadet Corps Royal Navy Section, Combined Cadet Force | Sea Cadet Corps Royal Navy Section, Combined Cadet Force | Sea Cadet Corps (Royal Marines) Royal Marines Section, Combined Cadet Force | Sea Cadet Corps (Royal Marines) Royal Marines Section, Combined Cadet Force | Army Section, Combined Cadet Force | Army Section, Combined Cadet Force |
| Army Cadet Force | Army Cadet Force | Air Training Corps RAF Section, Combined Cadet Force | Air Training Corps RAF Section, Combined Cadet Force | Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets | Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets |

### Former cavalry regiments

| Royal Horse Guards |
| 1st King's Dragoon Guards | 1st King's Dragoon Guards | Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) | Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) | 3rd Carabiniers | 3rd Carabiniers |
| 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards | 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards | 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards | 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) | Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) | Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) | Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) | 3rd The King's Own Hussars | 3rd The King's Own Hussars |
| 4th Queen's Own Hussars | 4th Queen's Own Hussars | 7th Queen's Own Hussars | 7th Queen's Own Hussars | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars |
| 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | 10th Royal Hussars | 10th Royal Hussars | 11th Hussars | 11th Hussars |
| 12th Royal Lancers | 12th Royal Lancers | 13th/18th Royal Hussars | 13th/18th Royal Hussars | 14th/20th King's Hussars | 14th/20th King's Hussars |
| 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars | 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | 17th/21st Lancers | 17th/21st Lancers |
| Queen's Own Hussars | Queen's Own Hussars | Queen's Royal Irish Hussars | Queen's Royal Irish Hussars | Royal Hussars | Royal Hussars |
| Queen's Royal Lancers (pre-1998) |

### Former Yeomanry regiments

Many of these belts are still worn by sub-units.
| Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry | Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry | Bedfordshire Yeomanry | Bedfordshire Yeomanry | Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons | Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons |
| Berkshire Yeomanry | Berkshire Yeomanry | Cheshire Yeomanry | Cheshire Yeomanry | City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) | City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) |
| 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) | 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) | Derbyshire Yeomanry | Derbyshire Yeomanry | Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry |
| East Riding Yeomanry | East Riding Yeomanry | Essex Yeomanry | Essex Yeomanry | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry |
| Flintshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry | Flintshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry | Glamorgan Yeomanry | Glamorgan Yeomanry | Hampshire Yeomanry | Hampshire Yeomanry |
| Hertfordshire Yeomanry | Hertfordshire Yeomanry | Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry | Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry | Inns of Court Regiment | Inns of Court Regiment |
| Inns of Court & City Yeomanry | Inns of Court & City Yeomanry | Kent Yeomanry | Kent Yeomanry | Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry | Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry |
| Lanarkshire Yeomanry | Lanarkshire Yeomanry | Lancashire Hussars | Lancashire Hussars | Leicestershire Yeomanry | Leicestershire Yeomanry |
| Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry | Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry | Lothians and Border Horse | Lothians and Border Horse | Lovat Scouts | Lovat Scouts |
| Middlesex Yeomanry | Middlesex Yeomanry | Norfolk Yeomanry | Norfolk Yeomanry | North Irish Horse | North Irish Horse |
| North Somerset Yeomanry | North Somerset Yeomanry | North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry | North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry | Northamptonshire Yeomanry | Northamptonshire Yeomanry |
| Northumberland Hussars | Northumberland Hussars | Pembroke Yeomanry | Pembroke Yeomanry | Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry | Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry |
| Queen's Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry | Queen's Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry | Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry | Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry | Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry | Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry |
| Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars | Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars | Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry | Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry | Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry | Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry |
| Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars | Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars | Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons | Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons | Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry | Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry |
| Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry | Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry | Royal Devon Yeomanry | Royal Devon Yeomanry | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars |
| Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry | Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry | Scottish Horse | Scottish Horse | Scottish Yeomanry | Scottish Yeomanry |
| Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry | Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry | Shropshire Yeomanry | Shropshire Yeomanry | South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry | South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry |
| Staffordshire Yeomanry | Staffordshire Yeomanry | Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry | Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry | Suffolk Yeomanry | Suffolk Yeomanry |
| Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry | Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry | Surrey Yeomanry | Surrey Yeomanry | Sussex Yeomanry | Sussex Yeomanry |
| Warwickshire Yeomanry | Warwickshire Yeomanry | West Somerset Yeomanry | West Somerset Yeomanry | Westminster Dragoons | Westminster Dragoons |
| Yorkshire Hussars | Yorkshire Hussars | Yorkshire Yeomanry | Yorkshire Yeomanry | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse |

### Former infantry regiments

| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment | Black Watch | Black Watch |
| Border Regiment | Border Regiment | The Buffs | The Buffs | The Cameronians | The Cameronians |
| | | | | Douglas Tartan | Douglas Tartan |
| Cheshire Regiment | Cheshire Regiment | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment | Devonshire and Dorset Regiment | Devonshire Regiment | Devonshire Regiment |
| Dorset Regiment | Dorset Regiment | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles | 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles |
| Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment | Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment | Duke of Wellington's Regiment | Duke of Wellington's Regiment | Durham Light Infantry | Durham Light Infantry |
| 1st East Anglian Regiment | 1st East Anglian Regiment | 2nd East Anglian Regiment | 2nd East Anglian Regiment | 3rd East Anglian Regiment | 3rd East Anglian Regiment |
| East Lancashire Regiment | East Lancashire Regiment | East Surrey Regiment | East Surrey Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Essex Regiment | Essex Regiment | Gloucestershire Regiment | Gloucestershire Regiment | Gordon Highlanders | Gordon Highlanders |
| | | | | Gordon Tartan | Gordon Tartan |
| Green Howards | Green Howards | The Highlanders | The Highlanders | Highland Light Infantry | Highland Light Infantry |
| | | Gordon Tartan | Gordon Tartan | | |
| 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles | 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles | King's Own Royal Border Regiment | King's Own Royal Border Regiment | King's Own Royal Regiment | King's Own Royal Regiment |
| King's Own Scottish Borderers | King's Own Scottish Borderers | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | King's Regiment | King's Regiment |
| Leslie Tartan | Leslie Tartan | | | | |
| King's Regiment (Liverpool) | King's Regiment (Liverpool) | King's Royal Rifle Corps | King's Royal Rifle Corps | King's Shropshire Light Infantry | King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
| Lancashire Fusiliers | Lancashire Fusiliers | Lancashire Regiment | Lancashire Regiment | The Light Infantry | The Light Infantry |
| Loyal Regiment | Loyal Regiment | Manchester Regiment | Manchester Regiment | Middlesex Regiment | Middlesex Regiment |
| Northamptonshire Regiment | Northamptonshire Regiment | North Staffordshire Regiment | North Staffordshire Regiment | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
| Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire | Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire | 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles | 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles | 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles | 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles |
| Queen's Lancashire Regiment | Queen's Lancashire Regiment | Queen's Own Buffs | Queen's Own Buffs | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
| Queen's Own Highlanders | Queen's Own Highlanders | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | Queen's Regiment | Queen's Regiment |
| MacKenzie Tartan | MacKenzie Tartan | | | | |
| Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment | Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment | The Rifle Brigade | The Rifle Brigade |
| Royal Berkshire Regiment | Royal Berkshire Regiment | Royal Fusiliers | Royal Fusiliers | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment |
| Royal Green Jackets | Royal Green Jackets | Royal Hampshire Regiment | Royal Hampshire Regiment | Royal Highland Fusiliers | Royal Highland Fusiliers |
| | | | | MacKenzie Tartan | MacKenzie Tartan |
| Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | Royal Irish Fusiliers | Royal Irish Fusiliers | Royal Irish Rangers | Royal Irish Rangers |
| Royal Leicestershire Regiment | Royal Leicestershire Regiment | Royal Lincolnshire Regiment | Royal Lincolnshire Regiment | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Royal Norfolk Regiment |
| Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | Royal Regiment of Wales | Royal Regiment of Wales | Royal Scots | Royal Scots |
| | | | | Hunting Stewart Tartan | Hunting Stewart Tartan |
| Royal Scots Fusiliers | Royal Scots Fusiliers | Royal Sussex Regiment | Royal Sussex Regiment | Royal Ulster Rifles | Royal Ulster Rifles |
| Green Erskine Tartan | Green Erskine Tartan | | | | |
| Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers | Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Seaforth Highlanders | Seaforth Highlanders |
| Sherwood Foresters | Sherwood Foresters | Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry | Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry | Somerset Light Infantry | Somerset Light Infantry |
| South Lancashire Regiment | South Lancashire Regiment | South Staffordshire Regiment | South Staffordshire Regiment | South Wales Borderers | South Wales Borderers |
| Staffordshire Regiment | Staffordshire Regiment | Suffolk Regiment | Suffolk Regiment | Ulster Defence Regiment | Ulster Defence Regiment |
| Welch Regiment | Welch Regiment | West Yorkshire Regiment | West Yorkshire Regiment | Wiltshire Regiment | Wiltshire Regiment |
| Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment | Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment | Worcestershire Regiment | Worcestershire Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |

### Former volunteer infantry regiments

These stable belts may still be worn by sub-units.
| Cambridgeshire Regiment | Cambridgeshire Regiment | Glasgow Highlanders | Glasgow Highlanders | Herefordshire Light Infantry | Herefordshire Light Infantry |
| 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers | 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers | 3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers | 3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers |
| Lancastrian Volunteers | Lancastrian Volunteers | Leeds Rifles | Leeds Rifles | Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers | Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers |
| Liverpool Scottish | Liverpool Scottish | London Irish Rifles | London Irish Rifles | London Regiment | London Regiment |
| London Rifle Brigade | London Rifle Brigade | London Scottish | London Scottish | 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers | 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers |
| 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers | 1st Battalion, Mercian Volunteers | 1st Battalion, Mercian Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, Mercian Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, Mercian Volunteers |
| Monmouthshire Regiment | Monmouthshire Regiment | North Irish Militia | North Irish Militia | Northumbrian Volunteers | Northumbrian Volunteers |
| Queen Victoria's Rifles | Queen Victoria's Rifles | Queen's Westminsters | Queen's Westminsters | The Rangers | The Rangers |
| Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment | Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment | Tower Hamlets Rifles | Tower Hamlets Rifles | Tyneside Scottish | Tyneside Scottish |
| Welsh Volunteers | Welsh Volunteers | 1st Battalion, Wessex Regiment | 1st Battalion, Wessex Regiment | 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment | 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment |
| 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers | 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers | 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers | 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers | 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers |
| Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment |

### Former corps

| Adjutant General's Corps (1st Pattern) | Adjutant General's Corps (1st Pattern) | Army Catering Corps | Army Catering Corps | Army Fire Service | Army Fire Service |
| Army Legal Corps | Army Legal Corps | Military Provost Staff Corps | Military Provost Staff Corps | Royal Army Educational Corps | Royal Army Educational Corps |
| Royal Army Medical Corps (1st Pattern) | Royal Army Medical Corps (1st Pattern) | Royal Army Ordnance Corps (1st Pattern) | Royal Army Ordnance Corps (1st Pattern) | Royal Army Ordnance Corps (2nd Pattern) | Royal Army Ordnance Corps (2nd Pattern) |
| Royal Army Pay Corps | Royal Army Pay Corps | Royal Army Service Corps | Royal Army Service Corps | Royal Corps of Signals (1st Pattern) | Royal Corps of Signals (1st Pattern) |
| Royal Corps of Transport | Royal Corps of Transport | Royal Military Police | Royal Military Police | Royal Pioneer Corps | Royal Pioneer Corps |
| Women's Royal Army Corps |
| Gurkha Military Police | Gurkha Military Police | Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment | Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment |

### Former sub-units

| 36 Guided Weapons Regiment RA 47 Guided Weapons Regiment RA | 36 Guided Weapons Regiment RA 47 Guided Weapons Regiment RA | 95 Commando Regiment RA | 95 Commando Regiment RA |

### Former training units

| Welbeck College | Welbeck College | Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College | Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College | Mons Officer Cadet School | Mons Officer Cadet School |
| Army Apprentices College, Arborfield | Army Apprentices College, Arborfield | Army Apprentices College, Chepstow | Army Apprentices College, Chepstow | Army Apprentices College, Harrogate | Army Apprentices College, Harrogate |
| Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps | Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps | | | | |

### Former civil defence organisations

| Royal Observer Corps | Royal Observer Corps |