R e g i m e n ta l A r t e fac t s
THE CREPON MAQUETTE
R e g i m e n ta l A r t e fac t s
GEDDES CUP
The Crepon Maquette is a replica, made of bronze and wood, of the Crepon Memorial which was itself unveiled by King Harald V, King of Norway as the Colonel in Chief of The Green Howards in 1996. The statue represents a soldier at the end of D-Day reflecting on the day’s events. It is not specifically of CSM Hollis VC. The inscription reads: Remember the 6th June 1944
and includes the names of 38 officers of 1st Battalion The Green Howards under the command of Lt Col R L Kirkland. The Geddes Cup was presented to the 2nd Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment by Colonel Guy W Geddes DSO in 1929. The Cup was originally presented as a ‘team marching and shooting cup’. In the 1950s, however, the scope of the Geddes Cup competition was expanded to become an inter-platoon competition, involving tests in all the skills of an infantry soldier, with one Commanding Officer’s clear intention to raise standards through focussing on basic infantry skills in a competitive environment. 276
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