{"product_id":"rare-ww1-highland-light-infantry-hli-majors-cutaway-no-1-blue-dress-jacket-named","title":"Rare WW1 Highland Light Infantry HLI Major's Cutaway No 1 Blue Dress Jacket - Named","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRare Original WW1 Highland Light Infantry HLI Cutaway No 1 Blue Dress Jacket for Major William Malcolm Fleming-Hamilton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWith unusual and distinctive pleated back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFabric medal ribbon bar containing both the Queen's and King's South Africa medals from the Boer War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMetal rank crowns for a Major.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAll KC HLI brass  buttons present, including an unusual design for buttons on both the front and back of the cuffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWith a makers label for Anderson \u0026amp; Sons of Edinburgh and named to Major M F Hamilton (a shorter form of his full name)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eChest Size approx 35 inches. Armpit to armpit measurement is 18 inches. Armpit to cuff is 18 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNicely tailored and lined and made from a thick, heavy wool fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn generally very good condition except for a  moth hole near the front buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRare to find Cutaway versions of the No.1 jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor William Malcolm Fleming-Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe was born in 1869, was schooled at Eton and fought in both the Boer War and WW1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe was a Justice of the Peace (JP) and Deputy Lieutenant (DL), and he was from Craichlaw, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He died in 1931\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe London Gazette records his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the HLI as “Gentleman Cadet William Malcolm Fleming Hamilton … to be Second Lieutenant” — dated 14th August1889\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe appears as Captain W. M. F. Hamilton in Boer War shipping records (troopship Galician, Sept 1902), and was made a temporary Major on 5th August at the outbreak of WWI. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn March 1922 he retired and is listed among the Highland Light Infantry officers shown as Major (retired pay) who ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peaks Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52394593124691,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/3755\/7075\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_3affc4d8-e764-405f-9b1a-001de4c1ccf6.png?v=1763289438","url":"https:\/\/peaksmilitaria.com\/products\/rare-ww1-highland-light-infantry-hli-majors-cutaway-no-1-blue-dress-jacket-named","provider":"Peaks Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}