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Bible and prayer book : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Samuel Bagster & Sons
Brown tooled leather 'Book of Common Prayer' stamped in gilt on upper spine 'POLYGLOTT BIBLE - ENGLISH VERSION AND COMMON PRAYER' and at the lower spine 'BAGSTER'. The book has gilt edged pages, three...REL29664
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Card of six gilt Officers' mess dress buttons : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Jennins & Co London
Card bearing six gilded brass Officers' mess dress buttons. Each button has an attached gilded monogram surmounted by the Victorian Crown, thought to have been used by the 5th (Queen's Own) Regiment o...REL29661
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Keevers, William
Private Record
Maker: Crown
Collection relating to 840 Corporal William Keevers, 17th Regiment of Foot. Comprises two original service record booklets belonging to Keevers. The first is his Account Book containing details of his...3DRL/6687
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Key to Writing Desk : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: J W & T Allen
A small metal key with a ring at one end, which operates the lock on Captain H E W Preston's Writing Desk (REL29655.001). The key itself is a cylindrical piece of metal with five slots cut into its en...REL29655.002
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Officers Shako plate: 50th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1861-1869 : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officers 50th Foot shako plate. An 8-pointed star surmounted with the Victorian crown. In the centre is a voided numeral '50', surrounded by a Garter inscribed 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. Black leath...REL29657.002
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Shako plate 50th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1861-1869 : Captain H E W Preston
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Helmet plate: 50th Foot. An 8-pointed star surmounted with the Victorian crown. In the centre is a voided numeral '50', surrounded by a Garter inscribed 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. Two lugs are solde...REL29657.001
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"the Scrap of Paper"
Private Record
TREATY OF 1831, CONFIRMED IN 1839 GUARANTEES INDEPENDENCE AND NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM. ASSENTED TO BY MONARCHS OF ENGLAND, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY/BOHEMIA, FRANCE, PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA.EXDOC185
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Tomkinson, Thomas (Trumpet Major, 7th Hussars, Yeoman-In-Ordinary, Yeoman of the Guard, British Army b.1817 - d.1890)
Private Record
Maker: Tomkinson, Thomas
Collection relating to Trumpet Major Thomas Tomkinson, 7 Hussars, Yeoman of the Guard, with the British Army during the 19th Century. Includes letters of appointment, testimonial and discharge documen...3DRL/6532
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Whistle : Captain H E W Preston, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pewter whistle with a pierced lug at one end for attachment of a neck cord. The whistle itself is a banded cylinder, angled at one end to form the mouthpiece, and domed at the other end. A piece of sh...REL29658