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*'''Harrington Prayer Rooms''' were set up in all the major cantonments for use as a 'Soldiers' Scripture Reading and Prayer Room'. <ref>JaneyH [https://web.archive.org/web/20140113234509/http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10112.html “Mystery army photo - 1890s? India?”] Who Do You Think You Are? Forum 11 January 2014, archived.</ref>
*'''Moustaches and beards'''. An Army Order was issued 6 October 1916 which meant that moustaches were no longer compulsory in the Army.<ref> Broomfield, Steven. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/243722-bye-bye-tache/ Bye, bye 'tache] ''Great War Forum'' 7 October 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180819165826/http://majorpillinger.com/the-army-moustache-2 / The Army Moustache] majorpillinger.com, now archived.</ref>
:Circa the WW1 period, beards were forbidden unless you were a Pioneer-Sergeant. Exceptions could be allowed for medical reasons, and the regulation did not apply to chaplains.<ref> Clifton, Ron. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/262007-beards-in-ww1/?do=findComment&comment=2654398 Beards in WW1.] ''Great War Forum'' 17 June 2018 and PhilB et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/51262-beards/ Beards] ''Great War Forum'' 22 April 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2018</ref>
