Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Regimental Cup, Major John (Jack) Strange Spencer-Churchill, 1910 (c)

Silver three-handled goblet shaped cup, hallmarked, Chester 1909-1910. Undulating three-stepped bowl with three double C-scroll handles, on foot over a sloping base. Inscribed, 'Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Regimental Cup 1st'.

John Strange Spencer-Churchill, known as Jack, was Winston Churchill's younger brother. The Spencer-Churchill family was strongly linked to the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars from its formation as a Yeomanry unit.

Jack Churchill was commissioned into the unit in 1898. He fought in the Boer War (1899-1902) with the South African Light Horse and was wounded at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in 1900. He went on to win the Distinguished Service Order during World War One (1914-1918).