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Somerset Light Infantry Museum - Captain Simmon Latutin GC
Good evening
Are any Forum members frequenters of, or planning a trip to, the Somerset Light Infantry Museum in Taunton (or whatever form it currently takes)? I would be interested to learn if they have any ephemera - postcards, booklets - for sale chronicling the late Captain Simmon Latutin GC and his posthumous award of the George Cross (held by the museum) whilst seconded from the Somerset Light Infantry to the Somalia Gendarmerie in 1944. If anyone in that area can help I would be most grateful. Graham
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Graham
I will have a look for you. The Museum is part of the Somerset Museum in the castle in Taunton and does not have a shop of it's own so there is not much military things for sale. Alan |
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I was there a month ago and Alan is right, there is not much in the gift shop. They did have one book on the SLI but I don't remember seeing much else. Colin
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I cannot really help - but did come across this (which I am sure you have already seen).
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All the best Graham
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All the best Graham
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Thanks again Graham
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....probably the clearest image I've found on the web
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Plastic dinosaurs, keyrings and a nice line in ecological toys but nothing related to your man in the shop I am afraid.
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Many thanks again Graham
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Thank you, that's the one, I'll try to track down the copyright owner as I'd like to get a close-up of his badge, and perhaps use the photo when I re-display my BMA Police collection.
Thanks again Graham
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I am looking to purchase items from the British Administration Police & Prison Services in Cyrenaica & Tripolitania; Eritrea & Ethiopia; Somalia (f. Italian Somaliland) & British Somaliland; & the Dodecanese: insignia, documents, photographs etc. |
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