[Closed] Regimental Tie Etiquette

What if it's a medal?

Family members again not a problem. Having been to a few memorial events I wear my granddads medals on the right of my chest to separate them from my own. Many people I have met are wearing the medals of their family lost in conflict or that have passed away since.

It's a nice tie, and I have to wear a tie for work, no more than that. And while I'm very proud of my brother he's thankfully alive and well so there's no memorial aspect to it.

And the potential for someone to even think it was the last option is what prompted the question.

If it was me i'd be tying it round my head and painting stripes on my face.

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Family members again not a problem. Having been to a few memorial events I wear my granddads medals on the right of my chest to separate them from my own. Many people I have met are wearing the medals of their family lost in conflict or that have passed away since.

Thats why I wore my Grandads Iron Cross on My passing out parade 😀

Will a member of the Black Watch do a big flounce once they find out you didn't serve with them ?

I would imagning not.

Well that's a profoundly disappointingly sensible answer.

Can't you at least pretend you'd lynch the OP? Just to keep the STW armchair military experts happy?

The Walter Mitty's that try to pass themselves off as having served are parasites and only too often turn up to events with chest full of medals that make no sense. Then try to convince you they have served and soon get get out. Absolutely no time for these muppets that show such disrespect to those that have.

It's a nice tie, and I have to wear a tie for work, no more than that. And while I'm very proud of my brother he's thankfully alive and well so there's no memorial aspect to it.

Wear it. If someone recognises it and asks you about then tell them it's your brothers and introduce his name. If that person knows him then in no time you will know every little secret he has tried to keep quiet 😀

I like that plan 🙂

The Walter Mitty's that try to pass themselves off as having served are parasites

tell me about it!

As as Engineer (with a degree in Engineering) I have to watch every Tom Dick and Harry with a BTech drive around in vans saying "Engineer". Passing themselves off without having served all that time in a drug induced haze at University shagging all those Freshers. Enough to make my blood boil.

Passing themselves off without having served all that time in a [s]drug[/s] cheap cider induced haze at University [s]shagging[/s] eating all those [b]RE[/b]Freshers.

A more accurate assessment of your average Engineering student, I think you'll find.
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Engineers shagging freshers? Things have changed since I studied engineering.

Engineers shagging freshers?

There you go, Engineer passing themselves off as being attractive to the opposite sex. Next thing you know, they'll all be wearing Regimental ties....

Engineer passing themselves off as being attractive to the opposite sex. Next thing you know, they'll all be wearing Regimental ties....

Ties with a picture of Mental Reggie,the wackiest guy in the Engineering Department?

A counterpart of Big Mad Drongo from The High Energy Magic department?

What if it's a medal?

Medals worn in memory of someone else's achievements are worn on the right breast, to save confusion.

Maybe wear the tie as a belt in an effort to achieve the same effect 😉

I can tie both a half and a full Windsor knot, but that's because, unlike most of you lot, I:

a) Had a good upbringing

b) Have opposable thumbs

Maybe wear the tie as a belt in an effort to achieve the same effect

I think the Rambo look is a better choice.

b) Have opposable thumbs

Get you, with your superior DNA!

"In reply to a couple of the posts here, I think it is incredibly respectful to wonder if it is appropriate to wear this tie, not because someone is dictating what you can and cannot wear, but because people who are in that regiment fought bravely for their country and in many cases laid down their life in support of this country. To that end [b]people do not have the right to choose[/b] to wear their emblem without earning it through blood, sweat and fight, or in this case as a mark of respect for their relative who wants them to proudly wear his regimental tie.

[b]I'm all for free speech and people not being restricted[/b] but a little respect for those who pay the ultimate sacrifice goes a long way."

This made me laugh. Which is about as political as I'm going to get about this.

I meet loads of those Walter Mitty types who reckon they were with me when I stormed the Iranian embassy.

I meet loads of those Walter Mitty types who reckon they were with me when I stormed the Iranian embassy.

I trust you aggressively enquire as to the colour of the boat house at Hereford?

I trust you aggressively enquire as to the colour of the boat shed at Hereford?

Everyone knows there never was a boat house 😉

Everyone knows there never was a boat house

ty types who reckon they were with me when I stormed the Iranian embassy

That balcony keeps getting bigger & bigger!

That balcony keeps getting bigger & bigger!

Now that Lewis Collins is no longer with us we'll never know the truth of who was really there.

I'm ex forces and (in the nicest way possible) I really wouldn't care if you wore it. The black watch however aren't reknowned for their powers of reason so be careful....

I wear SAS underpants at the weekend.

Those will be your [u]S[/u]aturday [u]A[/u]nd [u]S[/u]unday Pants then 😆

Passing themselves off without having served all that time in a drug induced haze at University shagging all those Freshers

The engineers at my university seemed to divide their time between Warhammer and re-enacting mediaeval battles.

Wear it back to front to show that you are doing it in honour of someone else - like you wear medals on the right hand side

SAS underpants surley that means 'Skids and Stains'

SAS underpants surley that means 'Skids and Stains'

[i] " Men of the Black Watch do not weep,
it was not you who shagged those sheep,
for on the hillside it was seen,
the big bare arse of a Royal Marine."[/i]

Just saying that your choice of tie might say a bit about you...

I can tie both a half and a full Windsor knot,

Only wear the tie if you know why the tips of their spats are clipped

" Men of the Black Watch do not weep,
it was not you who shagged those sheep,
for on the hillside it was seen,
the big bare arse of a Royal Marine."

In the deepest part of Africa
Where the Navy`s never been
Stands an 8ft Zulu Warrior
Being shagged by a Royal Marine

Chorus

Royal Marines, Royal Marines
Theyre the biggest bunch of tossers the world has ever seen

cheekyboy - Member
In the deepest part of Africa
Where the Navy`s never been...

For the sake of accuracy, Mimi and Tou-Tou would disagree that the RN has never been seen in the deepest part of Africa. 🙂

Wear the tie. Anyone who knows what it is will ask you and be happy with the explanation.

Now that Lewis Collins is no longer with us we'll never know the truth of who was really there.

😥

Wear the tie. Answer any enquiries honestly. I'd be tempted to do a search on that particular tie too just to see if it symbolises anything, or where it's available to buy.