- Object name(s):
- Royal Horse Artillery Jacket
- Brief description:
- This jacket was part of a Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) uniform worn during the First World War. It belonged to local man Sergeant William West, known as ‘Winky’, who served in India during the war. The RHA was formed in 1793, when the Royal Regiment of Artillery (founded 1716) created a mounted branch to provide mobile fire support to fast-moving cavalry units. In the Great War, Winky received a bullet wound to the back and on his return to Newton Abbot continued to work with horses – delivering bread via a horse-drawn cart.
- Collection:
- Newton Abbot Museum
- Associated concept:
- Costume
- Dimension:
- 568mm×450mm×800mm
- Object name:
- Royal Horse Artillery Jacket
- Object number:
- 2024.43.1
- Reproduction number:
- military.jpg
- Right note:
- image belongs to Newton Abbot Museum, not to be reproduced without permission
- Text:
- if you would like to find out more about any of the items in our collection, you can contact the museum via our website: https://museum-newtonabbot.org.uk/
- Text reason:
- Museum website
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce84c46a-bec5-3a98-8d9a-fabe9eb105c5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce84c46a-bec5-3a98-8d9a-fabe9eb105c5, Newton Abbot Museum, CC BY-NC
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