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Lieutenant Colonel John Moore Gawne

Calling card, Major John Moore Gawne, 1899.
Accession Number: KO2985/59

Collection of photographs relating to South Africa 1900.

Account by Colonel John Gawne of the Battle of Waterloo, June 1815.

Collection of letters relating to uniform:

Letter requesting a 'jumper' of the new pattern, October 1897.
Accession Number: KO2985/60

Letter regarding order, October 1897.
Accession Number: KO2985/61a

Letter regarding order October 1897.
Accession Number: KO2985/61b

Sketch for design of 'jumper' showing location of pockets.
Accession Number: KO2985/62a

Drawing of suggested designs for collar dogs, including the Lion of England, the initials 'J G' and variations of 4th Foot and "RLR" for Royal Lancaster Regiment - 'This combines the old number with the territorial title'.
Accession Number: KO2985/62b

Letter to Major J M Gawne, dated 21st January 1900 regarding 200 khaki covered pith helmets.  Within a day or so Gawne had been promoted Lieutenant Colonel and posted to the 2nd Battalion which was on active service in South Africa.
Accession Number: KO2985/63a

Letter to Major J M Gawne, January 1900.
Accession Number: KO2985/63b

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