Military Life During the Great War

Military Life
during the Great War
(1914-1917)

This section will feature pictures, history, and other facets of military life in the Imperial Russian Army and Navy during the Great War.	Imperial Army Life Imperial Navy Uniform Regulations 1914 Engineering Field Manual Army Wounded in Action Document Army Missing in Action Document Army Killed in Action Document
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Imperial Navy Uniform Regulations (1) One means of understanding the military life is to look over the changes that were made to the uniforms of the soldiers and sailors of the period. Here we have a list of Naval uniform changes that were made during the Great War. There were few new regulations during this period. Most were issued early in the war when the military could concern itself with such trivialities. As the war drew on and shortages began, there was no time, ability, or need to modify the uniforms any further. The final naval uniform regulations deal with the removal of Tsarist symbols and the transition to a new government.
Date		Naval Uniform Change
1914
	28 February	All sword hilts and blades of sabers, swords, and dirks to have the monogram of the sovereign in whose reign the officer was given the first rank.
	16 August	Naval cadets of the Separate naval classes are given regimentals of the Naval College, but with black shoulder straps and the inscription 'Naval Cadet Classes' on the sailor cap ribbons.
	30 October	Black shoulder straps with an anchor, set off with a white, orange, and black cord are introduced for naval cadets.
	20 November	Naval College personnel are granted a monogram of the heir to the throne (Tsarevich Alexey) on epaulets, shoulder straps, and an inscription on the ribbons of their sailor's caps stating 'His Imperial Majesty's Heir Tsarevich Naval College'.
1915
	7 February	A metal badge in the form of an anchor and wings was introduced in the aviation conductors' shoulder straps.
1916
		No new naval uniform regulations.
1917
	16 April	Changes to Regimentals are approved. Shoulder straps and scarf wearing are abolished. Tsarist monograms on weapons are annulled, the headdress cockade is altered, and arm-straps are introduced.
	30 May	Medal ribbons are introduced.

1914 Engineering Field Manual Field manuals are an essential part of military service. This is because there is always a procedure for every action and a proper way to use or maintain a piece of equipment. These are all described in field manuals. Here we have a copy of the 1914 manual for engineers.
	The Front Cover of a 1914 Engineering Field Manual

Inside the 1914 Engineering Field Manual