Lieutenant General’s scarlet tunic, probably early George V period

A scarlet tunic of a very well decorated Lieutenant General offering considerable scope for further research. The left breast has four loops over 4½ inches for fixing of medals and beneath are three pairs of two loops for the fixing of three orders of knighthood. As shown in one of our illustrations there are three small buttons and a hook for attaching the appropriate neck badges to the inside of the left collar. The tunic is in good condition with just a little damage to the lining, mainly around the area just below the collar, and a couple of small moth holes. It retains all the original buttons backmarked JENNENS & Co. LONDON, eight to the front and six to the rear of 25mm and six to the cuffs of around 22mm. It has the distinctive, large epaulettes of a general officer, each marked LEFT or  RIGHT and mounted the with the crossed sword & baton and a tudor crown denoting a lieutenant-general [the lower rank of major-general has a bath star in plavce of the crown].    may26/1

The Army List for 1912 shows 30 Lieutenant Generals but nomne has more than two Orders. Of course, the third one could possibly be a foreign order. Further research in lists from WWI [which we don’t have to hand] could reveal more podssibilities.