Uniform Details

World War II period, British Army, Major General Sir William Ernest Victor Abraham's, Service Dress Uniform

Uniform jacket is named to Abraham when he was still a Lieutenant Colonel

Includes his matching trousers

Jacket shows the current rank of a Major General. Old rank insignia marks still show on the shoulder epaulettes as they should to match the name and tank cloth tag found in the collar

Buttons are 1902 to 1954 pattern King's crown style and for the Royal Engineers

General's collar tabs have General's style buttons

Includes a black rayon "mouring" armband which was found in a pocket. Armband appears to be made out of a woman's stocking top welt re-sewn into an armband

Includes 9 award ribbons sewn-on the jacket

Has brass belt hooks for the leather belt

Includes 9 pages of limited biographical/historical information (not much information available)

Condition - Good; has moth damage where belt would be (would not show if a proper leather belt was placed on the jacket). Has a few other moth holes in front but not overly distracting. Still displays well for it's age.

Awards and Medals

Officer's Medal of The Order of the British Empire ("O.B.E.")

India General Service Medal

1939-1945 Star Medal

Africa Star with Silver Rose Medal

Italy Star Medal

Defense Medal (1934-1945)

Burma Star Medal

King George VI Coronation Medal

Mention in Dispatches Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments from the Curator:

Anyone who has ever collected General's uniforms for any length of time knows that British Army types are some of the hardest to acquire. If one ever does become available, it invariably turns out to be a much less valuable post WWII specimen. The museum's collection of over 210 Generals only includes 2 British Army Generals that are of the World War II period. This grouping is unique in that the jacket is named/attributed to Lieutenant Colonel Abraham, thus providing excellent provenance. It is very common for an officer to wear the same jacket for many years (frugality), upgrading it's rank insignia as the officer went up in rank along the way. The aged look and wear found on this jacket clearly shows many years of had use by the officer. This wear adds much character to this specimen. Note: British Army personnel records are probably the most closed to public scrutiny of any nation's records. This makes biographical/historical research almost impossible these days. But at least there is some data available on General Abraham. Some of the high points in his career are:

served in World War II

served as a General in WWII

served in the North Arica

served in Burma

served in India (many positions over several years)

was a part of the D-Day planning

Further research is being done to fill in the missing gaps in his career, which should eventually prove to be very interesting indeed.

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