Thanks to "The Antiques Road Trip".......

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Ok, a bit of a confession, I have a guilty little secret......I rather enjoy watching the constant re-runs of the Antiques Road Trip (normally watch on a Sunday evening whilst ironing (another little secret out of the bag). I enjoy seeing antiques shops and centres that I have never seen or heard of before and sometime, if in the area, visit some of these outlets.
Today was one such day.
After asking the lady in the office if there was anything military, the answer was "no" (other than the overpriced 1939-45 star in one of the cabinets). As the centre was in my late father's home town, we had a bit of a chat about the local area. All of a sudden she remembered a tin in a cupboard with a few bits in...

I left the centre as the owner of 3, WW2 period 17th (Indian) Division Locally Made Formation Badges (all slightly different) - two with SEAC (South East Asia Command) titles attached, there was also a pair of fibre dogtags bearing the name H Kilvington and the service number 3604685 and a couple of medal ribbon bars (one including the ribbon of the Burma Star. A little bit of research shows that the service number was from the block allocated to the Border Regiment. Only one Battalion of the Border Regiment served with the 17th (Indian) Division and that was the 9th Battalion which was raised in Workington in 1940 so pretty safe to assume that Mr Kilvington served with that unit....oh and there was quite a nice WW1 King's Liverpool Regiment bimetal cap badge too.....

Enjoy!

PL