Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry: the sword of Captain Sir Edward Henry Hulse

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry: the sword of Captain Sir Edward Henry Hulse, R.W.Y. and Imperial Yeomanry, blade 34.5 in., etched with this officer's monogram in a panel at the forte and 'ROYAL WILTS YEOMANRY' to a banner; steel three-bar hilt with reeded bars; with a steel mounted leather covered scabbard, the locked engraved 'EDWARD HENRY HULSE VITH BARONET CAPTAIN 56TH COMPANY, I.Y. SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1900-02'; and a plated steel dress scabbard; together with a leather sword bag.

Born 25/08/1859, the son of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Baronet, and Katherine, daughter of the Dean of Salisbury. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Salisbury Troop of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 04/11/1882. Resigned his commission in 1887, having been elected MP for the City of Salisbury the previous year. Commissioned Captain in the 56th (Buckinghamshire) Company Imperial Yeomanry in 1900, arriving in South Africa 10/04/1900. Mentioned in Lord Roberts' Despatch of 04/09/1901. Suffered a debilitating injury in this year, and joined the Yeomanry Depot. Served as a press censor in Johannesburg after the war, and was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head 30/05/1903, a revolver by his side.