WWI British Triple Lock and accruments

moosedog · Nov 5, 2016

I picked this Triple Lock and items about a month ago. Waiting on a factory letter which I will add to the tread when it arrives.
This TL, serial number 4178 was issued and carried by British Captain Leonard F. Cass of the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment who was killed in Festubert France on 12-13-15. He was killed with a single shot by a sniper.
My friend who is a purchaser for a large gun shop bought this from the family. I have the Triple Lock which is serial number 4178 in 455 Webley caliber, the holster, his sword, ammunition and what is referred to as a Death Coin which is a commemorative coin given to the family of those British Soldiers killed in WWI.
The sword is engraved with his name, but misspelled.

moosedog · Nov 5, 2016

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bruner1981 · Nov 5, 2016

That's an awesome package! Thanks for sharing

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BUFF · Nov 5, 2016

That's an excellent package.

Eddie Southgate · Nov 5, 2016

Amazing !

Eddie

shouldazagged · Nov 5, 2016

That's a splendid acquisition. I've never seen anything comparable.

I'm rather surprised that the family parted with the entire group.

Glashaus · Nov 6, 2016

Outstanding! What an honor to be able to have those items together, to remember the soldier and his deeds.

Tom K · Nov 6, 2016

moosedog said:
I picked this Triple Lock and items about a month ago. Waiting on a factory letter which I will add to the tread when it arrives.
This TL, serial number 4178 was issued and carried by British Captain Leonard F. Cass of the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment who was killed in Festubert France on 12-13-15. He was killed with a single shot by a sniper.
My friend who is a purchaser for a large gun shop bought this from the family. I have the Triple Lock which is serial number 4178 in 455 Webley caliber, the holster, his sword, ammunition and what is referred to as a Death Coin which is a commemorative coin given to the family of those British Soldiers killed in WWI.
The sword is engraved with his name, but misspelled.

I don't think his name is misspelled on the sword, but that they used the archaic practice of using a lower case f for an s. Think of the Declaration of Independence.

I have a reprint of the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica from 1771 (the sum of the knowledge of civilization in three volumes) and it takes some getting used to. It's amusing to go to the section on astronomy and read about "The fun in the center of the folar fyftem."

moosedog · Nov 6, 2016

Thank you for that information Tom K. I'm glad that you bring that to light. I was wondering how they could possibly make that mistake.
We never stop learning.

bruce5781 · Nov 6, 2016

Wow, just Wow ! Thank you for sharing.

Regards,
Bruce

AJ · Nov 6, 2016

It is sad that the family sold the grouping. Shame on them if it was for the money. Donated to a museum would have been a more proper disposal of the items. JMO

moosedog · Nov 6, 2016

I didn't get to meet the family, so I don't know their situation. It does happen from time to time that there is no one left to pass these things onto.
I am going to be recovering from foot surgery next month and will take the down time to research Capt. Cass's military history in an attempt to acquire copies of his medals to go into this grouping.
If anyone has dealt with WWI British records before, maybe they can point me in the right direction.

murphydog · Nov 6, 2016

Thanks for posting this, fascinating and sobering at the same time. The British had to mint well over 1 million of those medallions...

sw357nm · Nov 7, 2016

WWI TL

Moosedog,

Send me your email ddress and I will send you a paper that my daughter and I wrote for the SWCA on how to research a British WWI TL

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larry21556 · Nov 7, 2016

I looked him up on Ancestry.com UK It shows him awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal and the 1914-1915 Star. The Regimental roll for the awards show him K in A 13-12-15.

Memphis · Nov 7, 2016

I am amazed at the condition of the gun! Of course I love the peripherals you've amassed there but that is one smooth gun.

Thanks, Roger

Texas Star · Nov 7, 2016

shouldazagged said:
That's a splendid acquisition. I've never seen anything comparable.

I'm rather surprised that the family parted with the entire group.

If the family is still in the UK, the nasty gun control act of 1997 probably had something to do with it. They'd fear losing the gun.

Texas Star · Nov 7, 2016

I PM'd the OP about not being able to enlarge thumbnails on this board. ONLY on this board!

Who made the sword? Wilkinson? Someone else? I can't read the blade even with a magnifying glass.

The Captain was killed within a year or two of buying this gun. It didn't have time to get holsterworn. But his family did care well for the set.

Jack Flash · Nov 7, 2016

Memphis said:
I am amazed at the condition of the gun! Of course I love the peripherals you've amassed there but that is one smooth gun.

Thanks, Roger

It has often been mentioned here that British officers bought their own sidearms. So presumably the revolver and sword were his property and returned to his family after his death.

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