Major Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh

 

 

Major Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh

1916-1955

Mess Jacket, c. 1937

 

Fermor-Hesketh was the second son of Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh. He studied at Eton College and became a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards on April 10, 1937. Fermor-Hesketh, who rose to the temporary rank of major in 1943, succeeded as the 2nd Baron Hesketh on July 20, 1944. He was made an honorary major in the Scots Guards in 1946 and became Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire in 1950. Fermor-Hesketh’s mother, Florence Louise Breckinridge of Kentucky, was the granddaughter of John C. Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of the United States.

 

Captain John E. Mackenzie

 

 

Captain John E. Mackenzie

Heavy Cavalry Sword – 1896 pattern, Victoria cypher, by Wilkinson

 

Mackenzie became a lieutenant in the 7th (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards on June 17, 1885. He transferred to the 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars on May 8, 1895, as a captain. The 3rd Hussars were sent to India in 1898 and deployed to South Africa in 1901 for service in the Boer War. Mackenzie was placed on temporary half-pay owing to ill-health in January of 1901 and retired from the service on August 23, 1902.

Stars on Their Shoulders: Military Uniforms of the 20th Century

In 2016 The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, hosted a special exhibition titled “Stars on Their Shoulders: Military Uniforms of the 20th Century.”  The exhibition highlighted the evolution of United States military general’s uniforms throughout the 20th century and showcased the Akers Collection, which was the largest privately owned collection of military general’s uniforms in the state of Oklahoma.

“Stars on Their Shoulders: Military Uniforms of the 20th Century,” featured fourteen original military uniforms all previously worn by generals of the United States Army and Air Force. Three of the original uniforms on display belonged to general officers from Oklahoma.  One of those men was Otwa T. Autry, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.  Another featured uniform belonged to Alden K. Sibley, who served as military aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937.  Through photographs and original uniforms, the exhibit revealed the evolutionary history of United States military uniforms from the turn of the century, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War era, and ending with the Persian Gulf War era.

The exhibition was featured by several local media outlets:

Muscogee (Creek) collector loans exhibit to Chisholm Trail Museum  

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