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Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther
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Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:33 pm
I have read somewhere that a tiny fragment of the 1st Battalions Queens Colour was sent to Coghills Farther who placed it in a locket and kept it for the rest of his life.
Can anyone confirm this or is the locket on display anywhere??
Cheers DB14
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:09 pm
Geuss it isnt true then
Regards DB14
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: snippit of the 24th colour given to Coghills Father. Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:20 pm
Hi DB14. Fairly certain it did happen as I've seen it somewhere as well but due to the many books I've read cant tell you which book its in . I might have a quick search before signing off . cheers 90th.
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:39 pm
90th Great news i thourght i had imagined it at first.
Regards DB14
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: snippit of the 24th colour given to Coghills Father. Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:46 pm
Hi DB14. I didnt find it but it may already be on the forum somewhere and if it is it would have been posted a while ago . cheers 90th.
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:07 pm
Just found this on the internet :)
Sir Joscelyn Coghill, Nevill's father, was sent a tiny scrap of the Colour, smaller than a postage stamp, which he had enclosed in a gold and crystal locket.
Brilliant i wonder if its on display anywhere??
Reagrds DB14
Dave
Posts : 1605 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:40 pm
Doe's anyone know what happened to "Coghill's" VC. Is it. Brecon Museum?
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:04 pm
Dave, The VC was going to be presented to Coghills farther but sadly he died before the awards where made. The VC was given to his brother and i am pretty sure now in the museum.
Regards DB14
Dave
Posts : 1605 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:19 pm
Thanks DB14
"Coghill's Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum in Brecon, Powys, Wales."
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1998 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: Snipit of the 24th Colour given to Coghills farther Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:04 pm
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