
A 12-bore 'Royal' sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. 16472 In a canvas case
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A 12-bore 'Royal' sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. 16472
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 13⅝in. stock, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
In a canvas case
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1895 for Westminster for Lord Gerald Grosvenor
Lord Gerald Richard Grosvenor (1874 - 1940) was the son of the 1st Duke of Westminster. He fought in the Boer War where he was mentioned in despatches and he was later injured while fighting with the Third Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment stationed in Bethlehem at the Battle of Groenkop.
During WWI he was again injured during a German attack on his trenches south of the Menin Road near Ypres in October 1915. He was captured and moved to Munster to recuperate, before being interned in the Netherlands during which time he gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Guards, he eventually returned to England in September 1918