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Silverine presentation side drum of 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), 1939 (c). Silver repousse, made by Henry Potter & Co., London. Presented to the battalion by the old comrades of the 2/10th Battalion in memory of Brig Gen Vere Lorraine Nuttall Pearson, DSO in May 1939. The main body of the drum is silver or similar metal decorated with the emblem and battle honours, up to and including the First World War. Also an engraved panel stating the dedication of the drum from the 2/10th to 1st Battalions in memory of Brig Gen Pearson, the commander of 2/10th Battalion in 1916-1917 in Egypt and Palestine was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment in 1900 and served in the Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One (1914-1918). In the 1930s he commanded the British troops in Palestine and later 150th Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. The hoops are yellow and dark red, with white tension ropes. Associated with World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918).

Boer War (1899-1902), World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)