Army & Navy Stores officers First Aid Kit belonging to L...

Hammer

£170

Army & Navy Stores officers First Aid Kit belonging to Lieutenant Colonel TR Ubsdell who served in both the Boer War & WW1. Late 19th or early 20th century Leather covered Army & Navy Stores 105 Victoria Street, London S.W. officers First Aid Kit embossed on the lid with the officers name: T.R. UBSDELL. Containg various pills and potions in two layers of trays, some of which are in their original containers. Width 21cms (8.25ins) by 14cms (5.5ins) by 6cms (2.375ins) high. Auctioneers note: Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell was born 31st December 1872 in New York, his mother Genevieve was an American heiress married to an Englishman. He was a graduate of Jesus College Cambridge and when the Boer War broke out he was commissioned from the University Training School as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on the 26th May 1900. He subsequently served in South Africa and was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 01 clasps. He remained with the RFA, was promoted to Captain and retired on 23rd August 1912. At the outbreak of WW1 he re-enlisted with the RFA on 26th August 1914, he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (1914 & 1917) and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917. He was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and finally resigned his commission on 28th July 1920. He died on 23rd February 1955 in Milton, Hampshire
Condition Report
: Remains of a leather strap to the sides of the kit. Marks and scratches to the leather