. Numata surrendered the sword when, together, with Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo, he surrendered all Japanese forces in South East Asia at Rangoon on 26 August 1945. Numata (1892-1961) was Chief of Staff of Japanese Southern Army and the representative of Field Marshal...
. Awarded for the ‘Musketry Challenge Cup’, the medal is representative of one of the many shooting competitions that characterised the experience of serving in the Great War equivalent of the Home Guard. Unfortunately, it is not as yet possible to identify Sergeant...
. A rare example of a bandsman’s white cloth tunic with red collar and cuffs. The tunic of the regiment’s officers and other ranks was scarlet. It lacks a number of buttons on the cuffs and skirt pockets and one tunic button. It has silver lace support for the...
The 3rd Bucks (Buckingham) RVC was officially accepted on 11 May 1860. Fears of French invasion led to the government somewhat reluctantly bowing in May 1859 to the volunteer offers that began to pour in. Corps had to apply to the Lord Lieutenant, the 2nd Lord...
The guidon, bearing the cipher of King George IV (1820-30), is of cream silk with embroidered motifs. 563 x 923 mm. Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry in 1802, the 2nd Mid Bucks alone survived disbandment on 1 April 1828, serving without government pay and allowances until taken...
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