Air Raid Bugle du 16th Battalion Church Lads Brigade du Kings Royal Rifles Corps. Air Raid bugle of the 16th Battalion Church Lads Brigade of the King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Air Raid Bugle du 16th Battalion Church Lads Brigade du Kings Royal Rifles Corps. Bugle anglais en cuivre et laiton, du fabricant Hawkes and Son de Piccadilly Circus, daté 1917. Le renfort de cornet est gravé de la Ascension Co C.L.B., c’est-à-dire la Compagnie A de la Church Lads Brigade, qui composait le 16e bataillon du KRRC, marqué AIR RAID BUGLE SERVICE 1917-18 car il servait à avertir des attaques aériennes. Une inscription émouvante et rare, souvenir de cette organisation de jeunesse anglicane qui paya un lourd tribut durant la guerre. En 1917 le bataillon sert à Arras, Ligne Hindenburg, les côtes flamandes et Ypres, et en 1918 Bataille de la Lys, ligne Hindenburg, Avance finale en Picardie pour finir près de Maubeuge à l’armistice. Avec un cordon vert. Usure d’usage, patine. Air Raid Bugle of the 16th Battalion Church Lads Brigade of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in copper and brass by Hawkes and Son of Piccadilly Circus dated 1917. The brace is engraved Ascension Co C.L.B. referring to Company A of the Church Lads Brigade, marked Air Raid Bugle Service 1917–18 as it served to warn against air raids. A rare and moving inscription linked to this Anglican youth organisation, which suffered heavy wartime losses. The battalion served at Arras, the Hindenburg Line, the Flemish coast and Ypres in 1917, then the Battle of the Lys, the Hindenburg Line and the final advance in Picardy in 1918, ending near Maubeuge at the Armistice. Complete with green cord. Wear and patina.