MOC Uniforms and Equipment
What soldiers and sailors wore, carried, and were awarded.
Subdomains
- Naval_Dress_Index — officer uniforms, sailor slops, rank insignia at sea
- Army_Uniforms_Index — regimental dress, camouflage evolution, rank identification
- Personal_Kit_Index — mess equipment, bedding, tools, personal weapons carried
- Medals_Honours_Index — decoration systems, Orders of Chivalry, prize money distribution
- Flags_Standards_Index — battle flags, naval ensigns, regimental colors, recognition signals
Key Notes
Flags — Age of Sail
- Trafalgar Signal Flags — 21 October 1805 — first filled flags note
- Signal 16 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 — engage more closely only
- Signal 39 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 — discontinue hoist only; overflow
- Jervis Signal — Drive Between 11am 1797 — 11am hoist only; overflow
- Vanguard Six Colours — Aboukir — six colours only; overflow
Personal Kit — Age of Sail
- Telescope — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 — first filled personal-kit note; 2 April 1801 only
Naval Dress — Age of Sail
- Yellow Punishment Coat — Greenwich Hospital — first filled naval-dress note; Hardy abolition from 1834 only
- Nelson Decorations — Trafalgar Coat — Trafalgar wearing only; overflow
Medals and Honours — Age of Sail
- Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797 — first filled honours note; 14 February 1797 only
- Viscount Nelson of the Nile — 1801 — after Copenhagen; no patent date
- Baron Nelson of the Nile — 6 November 1798 — Nile barony only; no patent date
- Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpool — 9 November 1805 — Trafalgar barony only; no patent date
- Hardy Baronet — 1806 — 1806 baronetcy only
- Hardy KCB — 1815 — later honour only; overflow
- Earl of St Vincent — 1797 — Jervis earldom only; no patent date