{"product_id":"royal-navy-bluejacket-band-side-drum-1910","title":"Royal Navy - Bluejacket Band Side Drum, 1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeight: 38cm (14.9in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHMS Indomitable band brass cylinder, rope tension, side drum, with original emblazoning of Royal arms, GR cypher of George V, and naval crown. The cylinder stamped ‘Henry Potter \u0026amp; Co \/ Makers \/ 36 West Street \/ Charing X Road \/ London’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHMS Indomitable was one of three Invincible-class battlecruisers. She was commissioned in 1908 and embarked the Prince of Wales (King George V) to play a central role in the Quebec Tercentenary celebration of that year. In 1909 she was assigned to the Nore Division of the Home Fleet and became the flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron. She was refitting in Malta when hostilities broke out in August 1914. She bombarded Turkish fortifications protecting the Dardanelles before the British declared war on Turkey while in pursuit of Moltke-class battlecruisers Goeben and Breslau. She helped to sink the armoured cruiser Blücher during the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and towed HMS Lion to safety. She damaged the battlecruisers Seydlitz and Derfflinger at Jutland in 1916 and saw her sister ship HMS Invincible explode. Deemed obsolete after the war, she was sold to the breakers in 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eRead more\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~section 2~\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drum maker Henry Potter of West Street, Charing Cross, London was established as an independent concern in 1872. The business was owed its origins to Drum Major Samuel Potter (1772-1838) who enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in 1786 at the age of 14. He founded the Potter dynasty of Army musical instrument makers in 1810 by setting up Henry Potter \u0026amp; Co., in the name of his new born son, Henry Samuel Potter (1810-1876), as military regulations disallowed his direct involvement in a commercial venture. Drum Major Potter compiled and published in 1815 the authorised Bugle, Drum and Fife Calls, including the Last Post which in revised form is still in use today. In 1817 he was recorded as ‘infirm’ and was admitted as a pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. He worked in the business at 20 King Street, Westminster, after leaving the Army. Henry Samuel carried on his father’s business at 37 Marsham Street, and later at 2 Bridge Street, before moving to 30 Charing Cross in 1858. Henry Samuel was succeeded in the business by his eldest son, also Henry (1840-1935).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armoury St James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57128613511541,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7008\/3014\/files\/L1690312.jpg?v=1777974164","url":"https:\/\/armoury.co.uk\/products\/royal-navy-bluejacket-band-side-drum-1910","provider":"The Armoury St James's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}