Hip-flask
flask, hip, flask, hip
Accession Number
NAM.2025-02-1-22-1
Description
Sterling silver hip flask, incribed ‘Lieut J C Brinton One of the Chargers', Sudan, 1899 Silver with a hinged lid, made by Sampson Mordan & Co., hallmarked London, 1899 John Brinton was an oficer in the 2nd Life Guards, who was attached to the 21st Lancers during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. This campaign included one of the last large scale Cavalry charges by a British Cavalry Regiment.
Campaigns
World War One (1914-1918)
Events
Kimberley, Siege of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Omdurman, Battle of, 1898 (2nd Sudan War 1895-1899), Paardeberg, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Driefontein, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)
