This’ll be my first remembrance not in a uniform in a great number of years! Be suited and tied up as per but wondering people’s thoughts around what tie I would wear?
For reference, I’ll be involved in the parade still. Wearing a RAF tie or something tri-service feels a bit walty?
It shouldn’t make any difference really as to what you wear - what matters is that you turned up. I find some of my CIs wear a suit and their medals from their own service/family medals, some bring their families and wear casual gear. Ultimately I couldn’t really care less about it, whatever they feel comfortable in is fine and like I say that they are attending.
There are veterans out there who only did national service, never saw “action” or even left the country who will display a regiment tie or wear a beret. I don’t think wearing a tie is out of place - I know people on my parade wear their rugby club tie as because they support the team, or perhaps used to play for the local team…I don’t see it being any different.
Technically it was just a VR tie as the (T) bit was always a bit of a strange add on by us. (Does anyone else add their brands to their post nominals?).
That’s settled it then, bought a RAF tie, going to grab an overcoat as well as it gets cold and luckily still have my brown gloves too incase my precious fingers get cold!
Also to add - if you were uniformed then you could get away with the attire as mentioned with your Beret too. Seems to be the standard for those formed on parades