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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Regimental badges (7 ) - World War I

Regimental badges (7 ) - World War I
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Regimental badges owned by Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke (d.1974), The badges are part of a larger collection of WWI badges, brooches and medals which the viscount kept throughout his life. It is likely that he collected the cap badges from fellow soldiers during the war.

The collection was generously gifted to The Friends of Lydiard Park by a former friend of Lord Bolingbroke's, Anne Barr, in 2023.

See Items of Interest to discover more about Vernon St.John's wartime story

Year:
1914-1918
Type:
Medal
Owner:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit:
Pete Melsom
Last updated on:
Monday 2nd September 2024

Items of Interest

Photograph of Lance Corporal Vernon St.John, 6th Vsct Bolingbroke, 1918
Photograph of Lance Corporal Vernon St.John, 6th Vsct Bolingbroke, 1918

Studio portrait of Vernon Henry St.John, 6th Visco...

Dorsetshire Regiment Cap Badge, belonged to Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, World War I
Dorsetshire Regiment Cap Badge, belonged to Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, World War I

Regimental cap badge that belonged to Vernon St.Jo...

World War I Servicemen of Lydiard Tregoze, c1920
World War I Servicemen of Lydiard Tregoze, c1920

Photograph showing the former World War I servicem...