ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHER'S UNIFORM (QUEEN'S BODYGUARD FOR SCOTLAND)
£800
Auction: 14 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
comprising of: a tunic with major's badge of rank, a pair of trousers, with a sash, a Roman sword, and sword belt, cape and a leather cape sling, two bonnets, a pair of boots (size 6), and an evening tail coat with a velvet collar, with two eagle feathers, two arrows, contained in a military tin trunk with brass plaque engraved MAJOR F. J. CARRUTHERS OF DORMONT (qty)
Footnote
Note: this uniform belonged to Francis John Carruthers, J.P. (1868-1945), a man whose military career spanned his lifetime. He was Lieutenant-Colonel to the late Kings Own Scottish Borderers, which involved campaigns in Egypt in 1888 and in South Africa during 1900-02. He was also a Brigadier for the Royal Company of Archers, Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland in 1900 and Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office, 1915-19. He then went on to become Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917 as well as Honorary Colonel 1931-1936, 5th Battalion before his appointment as H.M. Lieutenant in 1935 and C.B. in 1943.