NAM.2001-04-218-1

Frock coat, undress, Lt (later Maj) Bernard Edward Furley, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1910 (c). Dark blue, double-breasted, with regimental buttons and lieutenant’s badges of rank. Body fastened with twelve buttons in two rows and trimmed with four buttons on rear flaps. Square and stand collar fastened with two hooks and eyes. Shoulder straps attached by passing lower piece through loop. Shoulder straps trimmed with buttons and bearing two stars each. Cuffs fastened with two buttons each. Five studs inside collar for shirt collar.Leather band round inside waist. Black lining. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Loos, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)