Thomas F. Cutcliffe has cane that was passed down by Col. John Mervyn. Wendall Cutcliffe, Tom's Uncle had a plaque put on the cane that reads: "Lt. Col. John Mervyn Cutcliffe, Webbery house, Co. Devon, Alverdiscott, England. Suvenir - Egypt Campaign, with 23 rd. Light Dragoons1801."
John Mervin (or Mervyn) Cutcliffe of Wibbery House, Alverdiscott, Lieut.-Col. in Army, C.B. and Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, exr. of his father's will. His will 8 July 1822 Pro. 28 Nov. 1822, P.C.C..
"John Mervyn Cutcliffe, of Webbery, in the parish of Alverdescott, co. Devon, born 12th October 1778. He was educated for the Army, which he entered in 1800, as Cornet or Ensign in the 23rd Light Dragoons: In teh same year he became Lieutenant, and took part with his Rigiment in the campaigh of 1801, in Egypt: In 1809, having in 1804 obtained his Captaincy, he served in Portugal and Spain, and was present at the battle of Talavera: Promoted Major in 1813, he in that year accompanied his regiment im the campaign on the eastern coast of Spain, and subsequently took part in the operations in Netherlands. Major Cutcliffe was present at the battle of Quatre Bras on the 16th, at the action at Genappe on the 17th, and on the 18th June he commanded the 23rd at the battle of Waterloo. He was wounded, and was, on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He received the medal of Turkish Order of the Crescent, for services in Egypt, and on 22nd June 1815, was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath: He was also Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Colonel Cutcliffe married in April 1808, the Honorable Charlotte Talbot, daughter of Baroness Talbot de Malahide, but died without issue, and was buried at Westleigh 1822. His will, dated 8th July 1822, was proved in London 28th July 1822. By it his widow became seized in fee of the ancient estates of the Cutcliffe family in the parish of Ilfracombe, which she re-settled by deed, dated 28th July, 1827, on her husband's family. Mrs. Cutcliffe re-married Gerald Fitzgerald of Binfield, co. Berks, and died s.p. 9th Nov. 1863, and was buried at the Roman Catholic church at Reading."