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Mess Tradition
Officers seem to of had a personal napkin ring for mess use.I see them on ebay etc to all the services.Here are two I have.The Dorset is very interesting giving a very good insight into this officers service.
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Really nice item's. Great to have those service details.
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What a fabulous item. Also highlights that regular officers still had a career mapped out for them when they were on active service.
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One more,I think this officer spent most of his service with the Gloucestershire regiment.
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Coffee cans
Three coffee cans.Would have thought officers mess.
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I have a silver napkin set for my Mother & Father for the Westminster Dragoons. In my own mess we had to buy a silver wine goblet (name date engraved etc) on entering the LDYPAO mess.
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I'd forgotten to post these, not as glamorous as the beautiful silver napkin rings but the sort of odd things I like to pick up, leather napkin rings as used by 1st RTR.
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It was planned that in 1942-43 K and L Btys RHA would move from UK to India and G and E Btys RHA would leave India for UK. The following year 1st Bde RHA was to move from UK to Egypt and 3rd Bde RHA would return to UK from Egypt. And on the same page it was noted that in the year 1957-58 (!) 4th Med Bde RA was to move from UK to India. Nothing like planning ahead! |
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I believe that an Officers Mess tradition with the 59th ( 4th West Lancashire Medium Brigade ) R.A. T.A. was for officers to have silver plated pint tankards with the Regimental Crest and their name and date of commissioning engraved on them.
the one shown has the name H.K.Domoline engraved on it and the date 1921. the tankard has the company name Milligan and Pickerill, Liverpool engraved on the bottom, presumably they supplied the tankard and carried out the engraving. According to the 1939 Training Calendar for the Regiment ( pictured ) H.K. Dimoline was a Battery Commander and the Regimental History has him as Lt.Col. Commanding 68th Medium Regiment ( second line unit of the 59th ) from 1939-1942, he ended up DSO, MBE, TD. The war time story of one of the other Battery Commanders who`s name is also on the front of the Training Calendar was made into one of the best known WW2 films albeit with rather a lot of artistic licence. 100 Brownie points for anyone who knows the name of the film. ( Strangely the crown above the crest has what looks like a QE2 crown but I think it is meant to be a QVC ) P.B.
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Deleted- Duplicate post.
P.B.
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Hoot,
Well done 100 Brownie Points to you. ( The Drill Hall of the Liverpool Gunners ( previously the Liverpool Irish ) is called the Brigadier Philip Toosey Barracks : http://www.alternativevenuesnorthwes...osey-barracks/ I wonder how many people who pass the building today know who he was and his story ) Peter
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Interested in all aspects of militaria/military history but especially insignia and history of non regular units with a Liverpool connection Members welcome in my private Facebook group “The Kings Liverpool Regiment ( 1685-1958 )” |
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Ugh!! Not in my time.
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