*India Mutiny/Anglo-Boer War, Framed Portrait of 3131 E. Lodge Somerset Light Infantry (PA) Infantry Officer, along with Brass Duty Plate and other Brasses, Official Copy Pocket Book of Common Prayer, St Johns Gospel from Miss Perks The Soldiers Home, and Indian /African Stamp Collection*
This is a unique and rare collection of a Somerset Light Infantry Officer serving in both the India Mutiny and the Anglo Boer War.
Glazed painting over photograph of the Officer E. Lodge wearing his King & Queen South Africa Medals with Clasps along with India General Service Medal. He is listed on the Somerset Light Infantry roll as receiving the India Medal: Punjab Frontier 1897-98.
Approx Measurements of frame: 47.5cm x 52.4cm x 4cm (depth)
Collection of brasses including:
Brass Service Plate ; Service number ID 3131, E. Lodge.
Approx Measurements: 62cm (inc hook) 57cm leather length x 8.1cm wide.
Official Copy Pocket Book of Common Prayer: Marked – Official Copy with British Crest front and back – Marked in pen 3131 on the side and E.L on another. He has used it as a repository for some of his stamp collection and many of his India Stamps are stuck in here dated ’98 as well as stamps from England stamped Bath, Newport, Liverpool, Chatham, London, etc. Approx 27 pages. Inside the back cover are three regimental cigarette cards with six more stuck in approx p319 with a picture annotated Gibraltar, Spain.
Approx Measurements: 11.2cm x 6.3cm x 2.5cm deep
St Johns Gospel Pamphlet: Stamped “Miss Perks, The Soldiers Home, Winchester.” Annotated in pencil: “Entered the Orange Free State 15-4-1900.” “Entered the Transvaal 3-6-190 (indistinct)”.
Approx Measurements: 7.2cm x 11.5cm
The Soldiers home provided recreational facilities to soldiers.
William Luff, Soldiers of the King – A Record of God’s Work, (S W Partridge & Co, London 1903) describes the work of the Misses L and E Perks at their Soldiers’ Home in Winchester and at Bulford Camp. They opened a home in Winchester’s Hyde Close in 1877, and a “Welcome” home in the High Street in 1899, Luff describes them as “two ladies who for years have devoted strength, time, talents and means to the furtherance of gospel meetings, bible reading and meeting for prayer and praise, caring for sick and wounded, sending parcels abroad and general correspondence with men everywhere”.
Assortment of stamped stamps.
*Condition*
Excellent used condition. The Portrait and frame are in excellent condition with some minor damage to the corners. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
