NAM.1997-03-26-1

Camel hair sleeping bag, 1899 (c). Used by Alfred Leonard Purkis, 43rd Company Imperial Yeomanry, during the Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One (1914-1918). Made by Jaeger; before joining the regiment Purkis had been a tenant farmer in Balsham, Cambridgeshire, and on his return from the Boer War was granted the Freedom of the City of Cambridge; during World War One he served as a captain in a Cavalry Remount Section in Northern France.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)