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Old 26-04-13, 03:16 PM
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Default "Teddy" - Mascot of 2nd KRRC in 1911

Does anybody know anything about "Teddy", the Mascot of 2nd KRRC in 1911?

Well enough known to have had his own cigarette card, but a quick google produced nothing.

Here is one of the cards for sale on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WILLS-SCIS...-/400460845552
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Old 27-04-13, 09:35 PM
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Poor old "Teddy" seems to have passed into obscurity.

Unlike the "Star" mascot "Winnipeg" or "Winnie", left at London Zoo by the Canadians in WW1, who inspired "Winnie-the-Pooh":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_the_Bear
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Well, my partner's grandfather was a Sergeant in 2/KRRC in 1911.. from what we have left in paperwork, sorry, no trace of the bear!
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