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A GEORGE V SILVER MILITARY GOBLET, ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1913 bowl engraved with the insignia of the 48th Pioneers (Indian Army) above a presentation inscription, stem with beaded knop, spreading stepped foot, 20.5cm high, 245g The inscription reads: Presented to the Officers 48th Pioneers by Lt.Col. A.J.N. Harward, 24th June 1914. Provenance: Cyril Arthur Raynor DSO MC ( 1889-1973), who joined the 48th Pioneers in 1912, leaving the army with rank of Lt.Col. in 1937; thence by descent to the vendor. 'Stationed at Kirkee at the outbreak of World War One (1914-1918) the regiment [48th Pioneers] was despatched to Mesopotamia. It arrived there on 15 November 1914 and quickly received a baptism of fire at the hands of Turkish forces, suffering 90 casualties at Zahil on the 16 November 1914. The regiment suffered heavy casualties again at the Battle of Ctesiphon in November 1915. After the surrender of Kut-al-Amara, less than a third of the 300 officers and men who were captured survived the harsh conditions of incarceration by the Turks.' ( https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-10-20-53-196, accessed 10.04.24)
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A GEORGE V SILVER MILITARY GOBLET, ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1913 bowl engraved with the insignia of the 48th Pioneers (Indian Army) above a presentation inscription, stem with beaded knop, spreading stepped foot, 20.5cm high, 245g The inscription reads: Presented to the Officers 48th Pioneers by Lt.Col. A.J.N. Harward, 24th June 1914. Provenance: Cyril Arthur Raynor DSO MC ( 1889-1973), who joined the 48th Pioneers in 1912, leaving the army with rank of Lt.Col. in 1937; thence by descent to the vendor. 'Stationed at Kirkee at the outbreak of World War One (1914-1918) the regiment [48th Pioneers] was despatched to Mesopotamia. It arrived there on 15 November 1914 and quickly received a baptism of fire at the hands of Turkish forces, suffering 90 casualties at Zahil on the 16 November 1914. The regiment suffered heavy casualties again at the Battle of Ctesiphon in November 1915. After the surrender of Kut-al-Amara, less than a third of the 300 officers and men who were captured survived the harsh conditions of incarceration by the Turks.' ( https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-10-20-53-196, accessed 10.04.24)
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