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Title:
Broken Army issue fob watch belonging to Sergeant Roy Bishop, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 1944 (c)
Object name(s):
watch, fob
Brief description:
Broken Army issue fob watch belonging to Sergeant Roy Bishop, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 1944 (c). Manufactured by the Swiss watch company, Helvetia During an action at Montchamp, Calvados, France, on the 8th August 1944, Sergeant Roy Bishop’s life was saved when a piece of shrapnel penetrated his platoon book and wallet and smashed his Army issue fob watch in the breast pocket of his shirt.
Collection:
National Army Museum
Associated concept:
Scientific Instruments
Current location:
National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery
Object name:
watch, fob
Object number:
NAM. 1992-10-97-1
Right type:
National Army Museum Copyright

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eb76b378-d524-302b-b623-4eaef72153ca

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eb76b378-d524-302b-b623-4eaef72153ca, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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