Here is a 1896 Heavy Cavalry Officers Sword belonging to Lord Levan of Melville of the Royal Scots Greys.
He was the first Officer to be wounded in the Great War, when, on the 22nd of August 1914 the Scots Greys made contact with an Uhlan Lancer Patrol.
He was shot in the leg and captured - subsequently escaping from hospital. He evaded through Belgium and Holland.
This sword was purchased in 1916 to replace the one lost in France - even though this pattern had been superseded by the 1912 pattern.
The WILKINSON SWORD register identifies the sword to him.
He later went on to be Colonel in Chief of Lovats Scouts
Many thanks,
Gareth
He was the first Officer to be wounded in the Great War, when, on the 22nd of August 1914 the Scots Greys made contact with an Uhlan Lancer Patrol.
He was shot in the leg and captured - subsequently escaping from hospital. He evaded through Belgium and Holland.
This sword was purchased in 1916 to replace the one lost in France - even though this pattern had been superseded by the 1912 pattern.
The WILKINSON SWORD register identifies the sword to him.
He later went on to be Colonel in Chief of Lovats Scouts
Many thanks,
Gareth
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