Is there a civilian salute?

[airbolt]

I would like to know if there is an equivalent to the salute that a civilian is entitled to use. ie to show respect to the armed forces.

[dothawkes31]

Not in this country, they do have one in America when they salute the flag.

[hc4361]

Men remove their hats,women bow their heads.

[dothawkes31]

that's for funerals hc, mind you, watching Eastenders today it seems the traditional respectful gesture has not reached there yet

[bobjugs12]

No there isn't. A salute by memebrs of the armed forces is in recognition of the fact the holder has a Queens Commision. Therefore respect doesn't come into it. You'r saluting the commission not the man.
(Which is quite lucky as most oficers deserve a completly different type of salute)

If you want to show respect etc, then chuck some money in a Help4Heroes tin, buy your poppy in November, don't stare at us when we walk in uniform, and the most important thing DON'T VOTE LABOUR!!!!
Oh and if you want, I'll have a pint of John Smiths lol

[jake-the-peg]

If you want to support the "heroes" you could always become a prison visitor.

An awful lot of them seem to end up in there!

[heathfield]

The traditional form of salutation for a man is, as Hc says, removing one's hat. If hatless, it's ''tugging the forelock'' - i.e. raising the clenched right hand to the right side of the forehead as though you're about to remove a hat. This is still the salutation required of a serving soldier in civilian dress on meeting and recognising an officer.

[mollykins]

Even when you are in one of the forces, a rservist or a cadet, you can't salute unless you have apropriate headgear on, and if you have a random civilian hat on you should take it off and bow your head and some people put their hand on their heart.