NAM.2001-04-309-1

Side drum, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1919 Made by Henry Potter and Company, London and George Potter and Company, Aldershot, 1900; renovated and repainted by George Potter & Company, Aldershot, 1919 (c) The 6th battalion was a ‘service’ battalion raised as part of Earl Kitchener’s Army from men who volunteered to serve overseas in 1914. The battalion was raised in Canterbury and served in France and Flanders until disbandment in 1919. Military side drum with an emblazoned brass shell with wooden counterhoops, rope-tensioned with British style white leather braces. The battle honours include Jerusalem and Baghdad. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)