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Staff Sgts and Sgts of the 1st Bn Norfolk Regt July 1882

Accession Number NWHRM : 3985

Description

Album, photograph album photograph album, 'Staff Sgts and Sgts of the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment July 1882'; photograph album bound in dark brown leather with gold tooling on front cover and spine; front cover has half of a brass catch on it-the other half is missing from the back cover; in centre of front cover is a silver plaque engraved with details of the presentation of the album to Captain Armitage; flyleaf in front of album bears an ink inscription with more details about Captain Armitage; title page of album consists of a large colour illustration of a harvest field with flora and fauna in foreground; interior pages of the album are decorated with either gold and pink scrollwork or colour illustrations of flora and fauna; interior pages have cut out windows holding photographs of staff sgts and sgts of the 1st Bn, some named

Department Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum
Inscription Captain Armitage was gazetted to the/9th East Norfolk Regt in 1873 and was/appointed Adjutant in 1880. He was/promoted Captain and exchanged with Captain/J. H. Sewell XV Hussars in 1882
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