When I think of it, I’ll scan the pages in the Navy List and send them to Mick as it is the basis for a (potentially) useful Journal article.
The subject is quite complicated and misunderstood: some years ago I provided uniform information for a museum ‘costumed interpreter’ dressed as Jack Alcock. When he came back from a session at the Farnborough Airshow he complained that some serving Navy types had claimed out that his khaki service dress tunic was incorrect. To spare the blushes of the Navy at not knowing their own history, ‘Jack Alcock’ appeared in RAF uniform from then on.