Sword. Edward VIII period Irish Guards 1892 pattern sword

Sword. Edward VIII period Irish Guards 1892 pattern sword
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Sword. Edward VIII period Irish Guards 1892 pattern sword, the 82 cm blade by Edward Smith, 5 Boyle Street London, with E.VIII.R. cypher, serial number 1797, with the initials D.W.S.P.R., a crowned badge of the Irish Guards with 10 WWI battle honours, the plated hilt pierced with Irish Guards badge, wirebound fishskin grip and chequered back with domed pommel and ball finial, overall length 98.5 cm, in its sam browne field scabbard



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NOTE:
D.W.S.P. Reynolds was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant with the Irish Guards in 1936. He was killed in action with the 2nd Bn, Irish Guards on 23 May 1940 and is commemorated in the Outreau Communal Cemetery, France.
His father was Major Douglas Reynolds VC, who was killed in action on 23 February 1916 whilst serving with the 83rd Bde, Royal Artillery.
V.C. London Gazette: 16 November 1914
"At Le Cateau, on 26th Aug., he took up two teams and limbered up two guns under heavy Artillery and Infantry fire, and though the enemy was within 100 yards, he got one gun away safely. At Pisseloup, on 9th Sept., he reconnoitred at close range, discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it. He was severely wounded 15th Sept., 1914."