Combat helmet, Mark 3, used by Lieutenant Kenneth Baxter, 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 1944

Baxter was in command of No 5 Beach Assault Group tasked with identifying exits from Sword Beach and signalling to the incoming landing craft that the invasion could proceed. Baxter fought with the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) throughout the remainder of the campaign in North West Europe, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action. By the end of the Second World War he had reached the rank of major.