the red coat made by Henry Poole & Co, 37-39 Saville Row, London, with annotated label dated 1906, with full gilt EVIIR buttons, epaulettes and aiguillette; the black frock coat of similar construction, the lining with label 'Brig. Gen. C.J.Cuthbert C.B.', with full gilt GVR buttons and epaulettes

(red coat 71cm long, black frock coat 109cm long)

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Note: Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert CB CMG (British 1861 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded a battalion in the Boer War and a division in the First World War. Cuthbert joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and served in Egypt and the Sudan during the late 19th century. During the Boer War he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the Territorial Force and then in the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th Division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919.