Item: ONSV8652
Original British WWI Royal Garrison Artillery Major Harrie S. Winter Dress Uniform Jacket
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Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a very nice British World War One Artillery Major uress uniform jacket named to Major Harrie Sewallis Winter. The jacket features major's rank insignia on the epaulets, Artillery buttons, bullion embroidered flaming bomb collar insignia, and a tailor's label from Hobson & Sons of London. The label is named in hand written ink Major H.S. Winter 3793.
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9”
Shoulder to sleeve: 25”
Shoulder to shoulder: 16”
Chest width: 16”
Waist width: 15”
Hip width: 21”
Front length: 31"
We were able to find a partial service record for Major Winter as follows:
Medal card of Winter, Harrie Sewallis
Royal Garrison Artillery Major
Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/22
Commissioned 28-3-1900
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
ARTILLERY.
8th Lancashire, The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants :—
Harrie Sewallis Winter. Dated 28th March, 1900.
Promotion to Captain:
LG 24-7-1900
8th Lancashire, The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Captains :—
H. S. Winter. Dated 25th July, 1900.
Transfer on creation of the Territorial Force:
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
East Lancashire; the undermentioned officers, from the 8th Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), are appointed to the unit, with rank and precedence as in the Volunteer Force. Dated 1st April, 1908 :—
Captain Harry Sewallis Winter.
LG 24-11-1911
2nd Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery; Captain Harrie S. Winter to be Major. Dated 9th May, 1911.
LG 14-2-1919
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Maj. H. S. Winter, 2nd Lancs. R.G.A., relinquishes his commission on account of ill-health contracted on active service, 13th Feb. 1919, and retains the rank of Maj., with permission to wear the prescribed uniform.
London Gazette #31365, dated 30 May 1919.
War Office,
27th May, 1919.
The KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Territorial Decoration upon the undermentioned Officers of the Territorial Force who have been duly, recommended for the same under the terms of the Royal Warrants dated 17th August, 1908, as modified by the Royal Warrant dated the 11th November, 1918. —
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Major David B. Peace.
Major George Grove-Blackwell.
Major Harrie S. Winter.
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