NAM.1965-03-82-1

Walking stick, 1917; polished natural wood with a flat round handle, tapers to the brass ferrule; below the handle is a brass collar engraved with the dedication to Gen E H H Allenby, Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, from Lt Col W C MacKendrick DSO, Road V Canadian Engineers, it also states that the stick was made from the front door of Ypres Cloth Hall The Cloth Hall and much of the town were destroyed by artillery bombardments and fighting on the Ypres Salient throughout World War One (1914-1918); beneath the dedication is an engraving of a running fox.

Ypres, 3rd Battle of (Passchendaele), 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)