[WWI interest] An Edwardian silver oval pedestal dish by Munsey & Co.

[WWI interest] An Edwardian silver oval pedestal dish by Munsey & Co., London 1909, stamped for Munsey & Co., Cambridge as retailers, with a gadrooned rim, on a spreading oval foot with a conforming rim, presentation engraved Presented to T. R. Bottomley, Esq. 29th August 1914. By the Officers of 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regiment, 28cm (11in) long, 519g (16.7 oz)

Thomas Reginald Bottomley (1887-1914) was from Halifax, West Yorkshire. He was a second lieutenant in C company of the 1st battalion and was married to Eveline Mary Gibson from Sowerby Bridge. He was killed on the 23rd September at Vendresse on the Western Front (aged 26), less than a fortnight after arriving in France.

The 1st battalion was a regular unit of the regiment and departed from Cambridge for France in early September 1914. They landed at St Nazaire on 10th September 1914. They saw their first action on the Aisne heights.