Maker’s mark “SJR” 

Military Identification Bracelet of Richard Aldington 

1918

Silver  

Bracelet worn by officers to facilitate Identification in case of severe wounds or death. Inscribed on the face, “2nd. Lt. R. Aldington/ C [Church] of E[England]/Royal Sussex Rgmt”. Aldington was commissioned into the regiment in April 1918. In 1925, Aldington gave the bracelet as a christening gift from himself and Arabella to the daughter of Glenn and Babette Hughes. Arabella’s name was presumably engraved on the rear of the bracelet at that time. Glenn Hughes was the author of an early study of the Imagists. 

From the Collection of Simon Hewett