Captain Brian Surtees Philpotts (1875-1917) AN OFFICER`S FULL DRESS TUNIC AND UNDRESS OVERALLS, R

Captain Brian Surtees Philpotts (1875-1917) AN OFFICER`S FULL DRESS TUNIC AND UNDRESS OVERALLS, ROYAL ENGINEERS, CIRCA 1895-1904 the tunic of scarlet cloth, with collar and cuffs of dark blue velvet and with the front, skirt and skirt-plaits similarly edged; the collar edged all round with gold round-cord and the cuffs decorated with an Austrian knot in similar cord and gold gimp, the collar also bearing, at top and front within the round-cord, gold lace 1.9cm; ¾in wide; on the front of the collar a pair of flaming grenades in silver wire embroidery; shoulder-cords of braided gold round-cord bearing captain`s rank insignia; nine buttons at front, two at the waist and two at the inner ends of the shoulder-cords, all gilded brass embossed with a crowned strap-and-buckle bearing the title ROYAL ENGINEERS and enclosing the Royal Cypher VR; body lining largely absent, collar partially detached, some moth; the overalls of dark blue cloth with a 5.1cm; 2in wide scarlet stripe on the side seams; strapped at the cuffs for Wellington boots and with fly and braces buttons; tailor`s label of `J.Daniels & Co., Woolwich and Bury Place` with owner`s name Capt. B.S. Philpotts RE Brian Surtees Philpotts (1875-1917) was the son of J.S. Philpotts, headmaster of Bedford School, where B.S. Philpotts was educated before attending RMA Woolwich. Commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1895, Philpotts was promoted lieutenant in 1898, captain in 1904 and major in 1914; appointed Commandant Royal Engineers (CRE) in a Western Front Division in the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1916, he was mentioned in dispatches in June 1916 and made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in January 1917; he was severely wounded in action on 2nd September 1917 and died of his wounds two days later. Sir O`M Creagh and E.M. Humphris 1923, p. 322.