Bombay Light Horse Inter-troop Point to Point Cup, 1909-1941
plinth, plinth
Accession Number
NAM.1956-02-870-3
Description
Blackwood circular plinth for Two handled cup, 1909-1941. Blackwood, circular, plain plinth, with a silver collar inscribed with the names of the winning teams, 1913-1930. Around the base are nine silver plaques inscribed with winners, 1932-1941. The Hodson Index of Indian Army personnel records an Arthur Henry Maitland Wilson joining the Indian Army as a 2nd Lieutenant on 13 March 1906. Sadly, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records the death of Captain A H M Wilson of the 12th Indian Cavalry, aged 33, in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) on 29 January 1918. Associated with the Bombay Light Horse and the 12th Cavalry.
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)