Rare George V Royal Tank Regiment Marked 1897 Pattern Officers Sword by Henry Wilkinson Attributed to Major Hugh Graham Neish Royal Tank Regiment, fine Infantry officers sword with George V cipher incorporated to the guard, shagreen covered grip with wire binding. Black leather portepee attached to the grip and housed in regimental pattern black leather scabbard. Blade remains in excellent condition which retains much of the original polished finish. Etched with standard decoration and additional regimental badge of the Royal Tank Regiment. Initials ‘H.C.N’ etched to the reverse panel. Blade by Wilkinson sword and numbered to the spine ‘46507’. Vendor attributes the sword to Major Hugh Graham Neish. Blade 82cms, overall 102cms. A rare and hard to find sword.he charity for blind ex-servicemen and women St Dunstan’s gives the following information in the St Dunstan’s Review – ‘Hugh Graham Neish Royal Tank Regiment – Major H. G. Neish, of London, died at Pearson House on the 15th April, 1975. He was 77 years of age. He served in the Regular Army from 1915 until he retired in 1948. His sight ultimately failed and he was very seriously ill by the time he came to St. Dunstan’s and went to Pearson House a few months ago. He was a single man with no immediate family.