£1,900
The WWI uniform of the Hon. Colonel the 1st Viscount Sir Charles Wakefield RGA, the tailor's label to the tunic of Hamburger, Rogers & Co, 30 King Street Covent Garden London WC, inscribed Sir C Wakefield, the helmet tin of the same, trade label and brass plate engraved Col. Sir Charles Wakefield Royal Garrison Arty
Provenance: Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1st Viscount of Wakefield, GCVO (1859-1941) founder of the Castrol Lubricants Company and millionaire philanthropist. He served as Lord Mayor of London 1914-5 and was knighted in 1908. Wakefield was created a Baronet of Saltwood [Castle] in the County of Kent and elevated to the peerage as Baron, subsequently Viscount, Wakefield of Hythe in the same county
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