Envelope
Category
Ephemera
Date
20 May 1920
Materials
ink on paper
Measurements
97 x 225 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 733055.4
Summary
Envelope delivered 'On His Majesty's Service' to Lady Hoare, Stourhead, Zeals, S.O., Wilts., postal stamp dated 20 May [19]20, containing war medals posthumously awarded to Henry Colt Arthur Hoare (1888-1917). Inscribed 'Harry's Medals' in Alda, Lady Hoare's, handwriting.
Provenance
Awarded posthumously by the War Office to Henry Colt Arthur Hoare, Captain in the Dorset Yeomanry, who was killed in action in the First World War, December 1917. Addressed to Alda, Lady Hoare, at Stourhead. Given to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE R WAR OFFICE Recto: Three stamps: 1. Faint black War Office stamp 2. Red postal stamp, London, 20 May [19]20 3. A.G.10. Recto: Lady Hoare Stourhead Zeals. S. Co. Wiltshire Recto: Harry's medals