Question regarding British army officer's choice of uniform for a wedding
I'm writing a fic where a British army officer (rank of captain, if that makes a difference) is attending a wedding. I know that there's a certain uniform that he is to wear, but I'm unsure as to what that is
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However, the correct dress for the occasion you specify is very clear:
No 2 Uniform (that's the smart khaki, not blue or scarlet) worn with a Sam Browne belt. No sword. No medals, just medal ribbons. Regimental cap. (For most infantry regiments this is a peaked cap, but Royal Marines, tankies, paras, Fusiliers etc. wear a beret; Highlanders wear a Glengarry; the Royal Irish wear a caubeen; and so on.) There is some regimental variation in the trousers - e.g. Highland officers wear trews in No 2 uniform.
Good manners require, as someone said, that he clear this with the bride and groom. But army regulations also require him to get permission from his CO; if he doesn't, he's committing an offence.
Judging by the ITV site’s own sketch of him: (“Becker trained at Sandhurst and has a distinguished military record, working in Special Ops before being recruited by Lester to protect the ARC team. He’s more akin to shooting first, and asking questions later”), even the screenwriters had no idea what his regiment was or might have been. (Or, indeed how one gets to be an officer in the first place. All prospective officers have to go through Sandhurst, so saying that Becker did is redundant.) My other half suggests he's a Para - “thick as a brick, able to bounce on his head from a great height without damage, just wants to shoot things”. Which means he gets to wear a red beret at the wedding, if his CO agrees and if he’s ill-mannered enough to want to upstage the groom.
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