[Victoria Edwards]

Solid assessment.

Ross McKenzie, the curator of the RMC museum wrote me to say 'that the design on the top shield is an intertwined monogram of the letters GR. If so, it obviously would stand for 'George Rex' -King George V being the monarch when the dormitory was built.'

Ross speculates that the college never followed up to add decorative carving on the other two shields 'that the money wasn't available and that priorities lay elsewhere for the little that did. The Great War followed a few years after the completion of the building and thus it's no wonder that the focus shifted.'

Victoria Edwards