Swimming certificate belonging to 798 Pte T Cheal, 1st Bn the Buffs Regiment, Malta, 7 Mar 1885.
Signed by Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 1st Bn the Buffs Regiment.
Printed and completed in manuscript in pen.
One of 13 documents relating to RSM Thomas Cheal, 1st and 3rd Bn the Buffs Regiment, 1883-1908.
RSM Cheal served in Malta, Singapore and India and was appointed Sergeant Major in 1895, and Regimental Sergeant Major, Depot, the Buffs in 1901. He also fought in the Chitral Relief Force, 1895, and the South Africa War, 1900-1901. 
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.