Diameter: 9cm (3.5in)
Silver. Regimental presentation inkwell applied with regimental devices and battle honours in the form of one of the kettledrums captured by the regiment at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. The bowl containg a removable silver rimmed glass inkwell concealed beneath the hinge lid or ‘head’. Maker’s mark of Carrington & Co, 130 Regent Street. Hallmarked London 1933. Height overall including velvet covered triform base: 10cm (4in).
By command of George II the silver kettle drums captured by at the Battle of Dettingen on 27 June 1743 were thereafter to be borne by a drum horse ridden by a Sergeant Kettledrummer of the regiment. The drums have subsequently carried at the head of the regiment on ceremonial parades and, uniquely amongst cavalry regiments, never covered by drum banners, the regiment’s Battle Honours being engraved directly onto the sides of the drums. In 1772 when Lord Southampton commanded the regiment, his wife presented a silver collar to be worn by the Kettledrummer, which is still worn today when parading in full dress with the Drums.
Read more
In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the 7th Hussars in 1958 to become The Queen’s Own Hussars, and further amalgamated in 1993 with The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars to become The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH).