Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A silver model of a mounted Blues Officer,
by H Phillips, London 1944,
mounted on a later wooden plinth with a plaque inscribed 'Presented to Field-Marshal The Lord Birdwood G.C.B, G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O, D.S.O., D.C.L., L.L.D, Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards and Lady Birdwood on the Occasion of their Golden Wedding the 5th of April 1944 by his Brother Officers of The Blues', in a fitted wooden case, and the original wooden stand with presentation plaque, total height on plinth 35cm. (2)

Field Marshal William Ridell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (13 September 1865 - 17 May 1951), was the second son of Herbert Mills Birdwood, postmaster-general of the Bombay Presidency. Educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned in 1885, becoming a Lieutenant in the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers. In January 1900, he saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener, and later in the First World War during the Gallipoli Campaign, where he commanded the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp.