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Colt New Service Eley .455 inch centre-fire revolver, model 1884

revolver, Colt, .455 in M1884 New Service Eley, revolver

Accession Number

NAM.2001-07-174-1

Description

Colt New Service Eley .455 in centre-fire revolver, model 1884. Used by 2/Lt Robert Peel, 9th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1914-1917 (c). Robert Peel served as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 18 Dec 1914. He was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 8 May 1917 and became temporary Lieutenant on 1 Jul 1917. He last appears on the Army Lists in Jun 1918.

Campaigns

World War One (1914-1918)

Units

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

People

Peel, Robert

Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company

Dimensions

Length: 27 cm Text: 14.8 cm Text: .455 in

Inscriptions

Serial number inscribed on frame, visible when chamber is open: ‘70563’ ‘6’ Engraved body: ‘ROBERT PEEL./ 9TH OXF. & BUCKS/ LT INFTRY’ ‘[Colt’s rearing horse trademark]’ ‘[crown/ V’ Next to trigger guard: ‘VP [within a triangle’ ‘3’ Stamped on barrel: ‘NEW SERVICE 455 ELEY’ ‘COLT’S. PT. FA. MFG. CO. HARTFORD. CT U.S.A./ PAT’D AUG. 5 1884 JUNE 5 1900 JULY 4. 1905’ ‘[crown]/ Cp’ ‘[crown]/ V’ Each chamber stamped with: ‘[crown]/ V’ or ‘[crown]/ GP’ Grips stamped: ‘COLT’