A Named Sword

An 1822 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword of the Royal Warwick Regiment, Wilkinson No: 30219
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A Regimental 1822 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword of the Royal Warwick Regiment, Wilkinson No: 30219. With straight single edged blade double edged towards the point, cut with a long fuller along the back edge, etched with foliage and crowned VR cypher, initials 'F.A.E.' within a scroll on one side of the blade, with regulation brass hilt incorporating the Royal cypher, wire bound fish skin grip, in its steel scabbard with two suspension rings. 


This sword belonged to Francis Alfred Earle of the 1st Battalion Royal Warwick Regiment. 


A folder of research accompanies this sword. 


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Francis Alfred Earle


ARMY LIST


1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regt. Born 18th April 1869.

2nd Lieutenant 21st September 1889. 

Lieutenant 8th June 1891.

Adjutant 12th February 1898 – 11th February 1902.

Captain 6th April 1898.

Brevet Major 16th November 1898.

Major 3rd September 1904. 


2nd Battalion by January 1905.  


Retired on Retired Pay 11th January 1905.

(London Gazette 10th January 1905)


Reserve of Officers (Lt. Col retired Militia) 3rd September 1904.

General Staff Officer 2nnd Grade 5th August 1914.

O.C. Depot, Somerset Light Infantry by September 1916.


Nile Expedition 1898. Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum. Dispatches London Gazette 24th May and 30th September 1898. Brevet of Major. Medal – Egyptian Medal with two clasps. 


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