spur, service, spur
Accession Number
NAM.1963-06-20-28
Description
Pair of spurs, service, Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Yeomanry Cavalry, worn by Col Hedley Hunt Calvert or Capt Hedley Murray Calvert, 1909 (c). Steel. Hedley Hunt Calvert entered the 7th Dragoon Guards in 1881 and left the Regiment in 1885. He joined the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars in 1887, retiring as Honorary Colonel in 1909. He returned to the regiment from retirement in 1915. His son Hedley Murray Calvert joined the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars in 1909 and achieved the rank of captain in 1916.