5th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
198
A First World War No 2 Dress Uniform to Captain Arthur Keightley Smith (1886-1942), Royal...
Footnote:-
After the war Arthur moved to Malaya to manage Trong Rubber Estates Ltd., Trong, Perak. There he joined the Perak Local Defence Corps and served as a Corporal.
On 12 February 1942 during the evacuation of Singapore he boarded the requisitioned Chinese-owned vessel H.M.S. Giang Bee with his wife Eva Mildred (Peggie), however the vessel was sunk in the Banka Straits off the Java coast by Japanese destroyers on 13 February 1942 and both were among the various casualties lost at sea.
There is a tablet in honour of Arthur in the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, North Yorkshire where his father Revd Reginald Keightley Smith was the first vicar.
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £200 - £300
. The tunic has a tiny patch of damaged threads to the left upper sleeve. The cuffs are bound with leather which have areas of wear, the left one with a small hole. The threads around some of the buttonholes are a little frayed. The hem of the lining has two patched repairs. Generally in good condition. The breeches and Sam Browne are in good order. The tunic is approximately 40'' chest and the breeches 32'' waist. The associated cap is missing the chinstrap and its buttons,
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 5th Jun, 2019
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