Original British WWI Named Royal Irish Fusiliers Officer Bearskin - Colonel William Thornton Huband Gregg Russian Navy all guns had a capping

all guns had a capping groove

He was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) in August 1918

which was most likely done by the secretary G

[5] It was named in French

Original British WWI Named Royal Irish Fusiliers Officer Bearskin - Colonel William Thornton Huband Gregg Russian Navy all guns had a cappingOriginal Item: One of a kind. Colonel William Thornton Huband Gregg, D. S. O., O. B. E. was a member of the The Royal Irish Fusiliers. "Tommy" (as he was known) Gregg was born in 1886 and commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers in August 1906. After service with the 1st Bn. in Aldershot, Bordon and Shorncliffe he was seconded to the King's African Rifles in August 1912. He remained with this Regiment for the next 11 years and took part in