History of Ceylon Tea

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.

My father, Reggie Hermon was a well-known planter both on tea and rubber estates, and volunteered to serve in WW1 at the age of 18 years and 7 months, with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving Regiment in the British Army to this day. He was one of the first "non white" men to be enlisted in a Guards Regiment.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in France, as detailed in an excerpt from a letter from Rev. Arthur Hermon (his uncle).

Dickie Hermon
Ex Tea Planter now living in Australia.