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Originally, stable belts were worn by Cavalry men in the working dress they used for cleaning the Stable s and tending to their Horse s, but 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 forces.

A stable belt is a wide Webbing Belt , usually a single solid colour or horizontally striped in two or more different colours. It is worn around the waist, either in the belt loops of Trousers or a Skirt or over a Jersey . The original cavalry stable belts buckled at the side to avoid chafing the soldier's stomach as he bent down during stable work, but many stable belts are now clipped at the front, sometimes behind a metal belt plate (usually bearing the badge of the regiment), although a few regiments such as the Light Infantry clip their stable belts at the front with the original two leather straps. A large number of units, however, continue to use the traditional method of securing the belt using two leather straps and metal buckles at the left-hand side.

Today, every Regiment and Corps of the British Army has its own stable belt, often very colourful. The Royal Navy , Royal Marines and Royal Air Force also have their own. They are worn with most styles of informal dress, but not with formal (No.2 or No.1) dress. Stable belts are purchased by individual service personnel, not issued, so are theoretically neither regulation nor compulsory, but since virtually everyone does own one they are effectively uniform items.


CURRENT BRITISH STABLE BELTS


Note that these belts 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 asymmetrical, the left-hand side of the illustration is the uppermost as worn.


Cavalry/Armour

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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Dragoon Guards
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Queen's Royal Hussars
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" 9th/12th Royal Lancers
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" King's Royal Hussars
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" The Light Dragoons
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Queen's Royal Lancers
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Tank Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Yeomanry
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Wessex Yeomanry
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Queen's Own Yeomanry
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" King's Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Anglian Regiment
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Devonshire And Dorset Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" The Light Infantry
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Green Howards
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Cheshire Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Welch Fusiliers
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Regiment Of Wales
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Irish Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire And Wiltshire Regiment
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Worcestershire And Sherwood Foresters Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Queen's Lancashire Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Duke Of Wellington's Regiment
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Staffordshire Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Green Jackets
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" The Parachute Regiment
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Gurkha Rifles
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Special Air Service
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Army Air Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Intelligence Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Chaplains' Department
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Logistic Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Medical Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Military Police
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Adjutant General's Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Veterinary Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Small Arms School Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Dental Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Army Physical Training Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Cambridge University Officers Training Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Army Section, Combined Cadet Force
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Army Cadet Force
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Air Training Corps
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" 17th/21st Lancers
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Hampshire Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Northamptonshire Regiment
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Duke Of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Durham Light Infantry
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Rifle Brigade
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Mercian Volunteers
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Army Pay Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Corps Of Transport
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  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Royal Pioneer Corps
  colspan "2" width="25%" style="font-weight: bold color: #6a6c76 text-align: center" Women's Royal Army Corps
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