stick, walking, stick, walking
Accession Number
NAM.2001-11-116-1
Description
Walking stick, made from oak taken from the front door of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, 1916. A brass collar fitted under the rounded handle, bears an inscribed dedication stating that the stick was given to Maj Gen Charles Harington Harington by Capt W C MacKendrick DSO, Canadian Engineers, in 1916. Associated with the Ypres Salient, Western Front, World War One. The Ypres Cloth Hall and much of the town was destroyed by artillery bombardment and fighting in the Ypres Salient, Western Front, throughout World War One.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
