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03-11-2017, 04:56 PM
#201
Hi Fellow Collectors etc. The latest two caps to surface which I am very pleased with. There is an interesting story behind these two caps as told by the daughter of the original owners. The QAIMNSR (Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve) cap belonged to her mother, a lieutenant Nursing Sister based presumably at the British Military Hospital Alexandria in circa 1942. Her uniform jacket is by a London maker but the cap, as can be seen from the manufacturer's label, was made in Alexandria. The cap badge appears to be in sand cast silver and is devoid of markings.
The FSC belonged to her father, an officer in the 12th (Prince of Wales) Lancers who were shipped into Egypt in 1941 as a Reconnaissance Unit with 1st Armoured Division and fought at the second battle of Alamein in October 1942 before fighting as a Corps level reconnaissance unit in the Italian campaign.
Although I can not state this as a matter of fact, I am under the impression that he was wounded during the North African campaign, met then subsequently married the lady mentioned above?? His Dress uniform is ranked to Second Lieutenant but I think that he probably finished the war as a Captain??
The QAIMNSR cap is not named however the uniform jacket is. The 12th Lancers cap has the owner's initials as can be seen in the photograph and the uniform is fully named. A desert love story!!
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03-12-2017, 08:41 PM
#202
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03-13-2017, 12:16 AM
#203
Michael,
I wonder if the initials A.M.H. inside the 12th Lancers sidecap are for A.M. Horsbrugh-Porter, a Captain in the 1938 Army List, and a Lieut.Col., DSO in the 1952 list?
BobS
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03-13-2017, 05:01 PM
#204
Hi Bob, Long time no speak!! No Bob, His surname was Harvey and he was a 2nd Lieutenant in 1941 according to the label in his uniform. His uniform has no ribbons nor has it been up ranked from new so I am drawn to the conclusion that after his time in Africa, he never wore it again as it shows very little wear. Perhaps he was wounded and invalided out of the Army and the war? His wife's cap and uniform show a lot of wear so she was probably in the Army for a lot longer?
Cheers Michael
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03-14-2017, 12:59 AM
#205
Thanks, Michael. Harvey is listed as an officer in the regiment in 1941, according to " History of the XII Royal Lancers" by P.F.Stewart.
No listing thereafter.
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03-17-2017, 07:07 PM
#206
Hi Bob, Thank you. The more I think about this man, the more I am drawn to the possibility or even probability that he was a casualty and then discharged from the Army, thus missing the remainder of the war and wearing his uniform again?????
Cheers Michael
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03-18-2017, 01:24 AM
#207
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Michael Ryan
Hi Bob, Thank you. The more I think about this man, the more I am drawn to the possibility or even probability that he was a casualty and then discharged from the Army, thus missing the remainder of the war and wearing his uniform again?????
Cheers Michael
Hard to say, Michael, as the regimental history only lists the year an officer joined the regiment. Harvey is not listed anywhere else in the book, and is not in the 1952 Army List, the closest postwar list I have.
I'm guessing a "hostilities only" officer, who may well have been wounded, and sent to light duty, or invalided out of the army.
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03-18-2017, 08:58 AM
#208
Hi Bob, I am hoping to make contact with his daughter and if I succeed, I will try and get to the bottom of this enigma and add the results to the thread.
Cheers Michael
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03-20-2017, 06:47 PM
#209
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04-01-2017, 12:21 PM
#210
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