Lot 726
A FIRST WORLD WAR 14 LONDON REGIMENT SPORRAN BELONGING TO OLIVER HILL.
A Great War Sporran with London Scottish 'Strike Sure' badge with three paper documents including A 'Pass for Docks' for Captain O Hill 14 London Regiment, dated 18.7.18, and a Medical Inspection Report requiring daily attendance at the Hospital, Havre 19.7.18. Olive Hill (1887-1968) was one of this countries leading exponents of the Modernist School of Architecture. His best known buildings being the Midland Hotel in Morecombe which is an architectural jewel of the inter-war period and the British Pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris. Oliver Hill served as a Captain with the London Scottish as his family had roots in Aberdeen and he retained a lifelong love of Scotland.
