A mixed lot of Regimental silver items

A mixed lot of Regimental silver items,

comprising: a pair of menu card holders, The 1st Life Guards, by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1918, circular disc form, engraved with the regimental badge, diameter of base 3.1cm, plus a late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder, The East Yorkshire Regiment, no apparent maker's mark, London 1885, on a wooden base, and a Regimental electroplated menu card holder, The Royal Army Medical Corps, (RAMC), height 4.8cm. plus a George III Regimental silver King's pattern table fork, the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, by S and J Blake, London possibly 1817, with the regimental crest, approx. total weighable 4.3oz. (5)

In 1918 the 1st Life Guards was converted to the 1st battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. In 1919, it was reconstituted as Cavalry. In May 1922 the 1st Life Guards amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards to form The Life Guards.

In 1881, the 15th (York East Riding) Regiment of Foot became the East Yorkshire Regiment. After various amalgamations it is now part of the Yorkshire Regiment.

In 1898 the RAMC was formed from the Medical Staff Corps and the Medical Staff.