Robbins of Dudley WWI Trench Knife, with original scabbard, the double-edged blade set into cast knuckle duster type grip stamped with maker's mark, the leather scabbard frog bears faint inscription 'Cooper King 8 attributed to Temporary Lieutenant Cooper King.

Dimensions: 25cm overall length.

8th (Service) Battalion

18.09.1914 Formed at Lichfield as part of the Second New Army (K2) and joined the 57th Brigade of the 19th Division and moved to Salisbury Plain, and then Bristol.

Feb 1915 Moved to Weston-Super-Mare and then Tidworth.

18.07.1915 Mobilised for war and then landed in France and engaged in various action on the Western Front including;

During 1915

The Action of Pietre.

During 1916

The Battle of Albert, The attacks on High Wood, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre.

During 1917

The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.

07.02.1918 Transferred to the 56th Brigade of the 19th Division and continued to fight on the Western Front;

During 1918

The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.

11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Bry west of Bavai.