Enfield revolver .38 inch No 2 Mk I, Lieutenant K Baxter, Middlesex Regiment, 1944

Enfield revolver .38 in No 2 Mk I, 1934. Manufactured by Enfield Small Arms Factory, Enfield, England, 1934 This weapon was carried by Lieutenant Kenneth Baxter, 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), on D-Day, Operation OVERLORD, 6 June 1944. Baxter was in command of No 5 Beach Assault Group tasked with identifying exits from SWORD Beach and signalling to the incoming landing craft that the invasion could proceed. Baxter went on to serve with the Middlesex Regiment throughout the North West Europe campaign, and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for gallantry in action. By the end of the Second World War he had reached the rank of major.