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Cane inscribed 'Sugar Cane Barbados 1895'

This piece of cane was brought from the West Indies by Private R W Cattely of 1st Battalion The Connaught Rangers. The Barbados garrison was one of the largest in the Caribbean. British troops were stationed on the island throughout the 18th and 19th centuries before being withdrawn in 1905.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1956-02-950-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Formation gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1956-02-950-1

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