Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Credit Line
[gift of] Mrs Shirley Foster
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1915
Associated Notes
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Battle of the Somme
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
30 Mar 1918
Period
Signature/marks
OLD FAITHFUL registered Trademark (trademark)
A.J. Jordan, Sheffield, England (maker's mark)
Media
Measurement Description
.1: razor: Length (closed) 166mm; length (open) 257mm; width 25mm
.2: case: Length 175mm; width 37mm
Measurement Reading
177mm
38mm
19mm
170mm
38mm
8mm
Subject Category
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
15 May 2023
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bag, holdall
Department HistoryAccession Date 10 Oct 1998Display Room Pou KanohiAccession Number 1998.63.1Description Calico bag used to hold personal effects sent to next of kin of Private C.B. Taylor 28007, 2nd Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action in France on 30/3/1918.…
Calico bag used to hold personal effects sent to next of kin of Private C.B. Taylor 28007, 2nd Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action in France on 30/3/1918. Kept by family as a memento.
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badges, shoulder titles
Department HistoryAccession Date 10 Oct 1998Display Room Pou KanohiAccession Number 1998.63.9Description New Zealand Regiment shoulder titles [NZR], part of personal effects sent to next of kin of 28007 Private C.B. Taylor, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action in France…
New Zealand Regiment shoulder titles [NZR], part of personal effects sent to next of kin of 28007 Private C.B. Taylor, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action in France on 30/3/1918
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badges, pair
Department HistoryAccession Date 10 Oct 1998Accession Number 1998.63.10Description badges, 'NZRB', shoulder titles, belonged to Rifleman George B Taylor, died of wounds 7.12.1917; received at museum with calico holdall used to send personal effects of his…
badges, 'NZRB', shoulder titles, belonged to Rifleman George B Taylor, died of wounds 7.12.1917; received at museum with calico holdall used to send personal effects of his younger brother, Charles Brian Taylor to his mother Mrs Mary Elizabeth Taylor - his next of kin -following his death, killed in action, in France on 30 March 1918. After Mrs Taylor's death they were passed on to her daughter, Deborah Pitts Taylor (Mrs Spencer), who had also served during WW1 as an ambulance driver based at Brockenhurst Hospital, UK.
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