Use in The British Armed Forces
The guernsey was first widely used in the rating uniform of the 19th century British Royal Navy. It is said that guernseys were worn at the Battle of Trafalgar, (although these were probably made from woolen cloth, rather than knitted). The association of the guernsey with the British Armed Forces has continued into the 21st century. In 2006, the British 7th Armoured Division ordered three hundred jumpers from a company in Guernsey and these were sent out to Iraq. Each jumper was hand-finished in a neutral colour and had the Desert Rat insignia sewn onto the left hand sleeve. Orders for variants of the guernsey have also come from the Intelligence Corps, the Mercian Regiment, the Tank Regiment and Gurkha Logistics where they form part of officer uniforms.
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