Water Bottles and Field Kit - by: Rob D

I thought it would be interesting to see members' items of field kit.
To start, this is a British Mk I water bottle, found a few years after the War near Spioenkop. It has lost its felt cover.

A 6¾-inch round water bottle, it was made of two halves of wrought iron, enamelled inside and out, with a white metal alloy screw socket soldered into the neck.
1½ pints capacity.
The bottle was carried over the shoulder on a leather strap.
The hole in the lid was to allow the soldier to take a swig without unscrewing the lid, the hole being plugged by a wooden T-shaped plug.
From the stamps on the lip: NO88 . 13H . 94H.
I suspect this example was issued to the 13th Hussars, 1 squadron of which were on the Upper Tugela; 88 is I think an inventory number, but 94H has me baffled. Any ideas?





Thanks to MC Heunis for help with identification!