Hello everyone.
I just got back from my local auction house and I picked up this footlocker of WWII era royal navy uniforms and such. Upon researching this I found out that it belonged to JC Arbuthnott. I know he was the son of Maj. Gen. RK Arbuthnott who was in the Black Watch Regiment. In this locker are several packing papers that are addressed to JC as well as one that is addressed to RK. A lot of these papers as well as the locker itself have addresses that are in Perth and Edinburgh, Scotland. Also included are 3 pairs of pants, a khaki shirt, a coat with insignia, a pair of plad pants (which I think belonged to RK), several shoulder boards, his ribbon bars, 3 visors, and his boyhood hat. I do not collect commonwealth stuff so I was wondering if this set is significant at all? Any information on this set would be helpful. I have included pictures of everything that I thought was important, including names written on the uniforms and papers. If you would like some more pictures of these items, please let me know. If this locker is not of much interest or historical significance, I apologize for the long post.
Thanks, Hayden
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I just got back from my local auction house and I picked up this footlocker of WWII era royal navy uniforms and such. Upon researching this I found out that it belonged to JC Arbuthnott. I know he was the son of Maj. Gen. RK Arbuthnott who was in the Black Watch Regiment. In this locker are several packing papers that are addressed to JC as well as one that is addressed to RK. A lot of these papers as well as the locker itself have addresses that are in Perth and Edinburgh, Scotland. Also included are 3 pairs of pants, a khaki shirt, a coat with insignia, a pair of plad pants (which I think belonged to RK), several shoulder boards, his ribbon bars, 3 visors, and his boyhood hat. I do not collect commonwealth stuff so I was wondering if this set is significant at all? Any information on this set would be helpful. I have included pictures of everything that I thought was important, including names written on the uniforms and papers. If you would like some more pictures of these items, please let me know. If this locker is not of much interest or historical significance, I apologize for the long post.
Thanks, Hayden
jc1.jpeg
jc2.jpeg
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