Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant mb-code WA5621670 Bobby Locke

Bobby Locke

The portly gentleman on the left stresses the vintage of the wine his younger companion is about to taste

Interior view of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange

Shoreditch

Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant mb-code WA5621670 Bobby LockePrince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant, France, World War I, c1914 c1918. Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883 1938) was the son of Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He served with the Royal Scots Greys in the First World War, with the rank of major, and was aide de camp to Generals Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig, commanders in chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).