NAM.2001-04-1042-1

Snuff box with hinged lid, containing key, hallmarked London, 1915-1916, silversmith, Ramsden and Carr, London. Inscribed in memory of Maj Bernard Edward Furley, 6th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), killed in an attack near Hulluch, 13 Oct 1915. Presented to the Officer’s Mess Depot by Sir John Furley, late of the East Kent Rifle Volunteers, 1860-1874. Oval with rim foot; lid decorated with wreath and scrolled cartouche bearing inscription; twisted cord design round edge, gilt inside. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)