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John Lennon's military style suit

Accession number MMM.2002.85.1-.2

front, back and side views of narrow tailored suit with high collar and large buttons on the lapels, front and military style jacket pockets

Prototype soldier boy suit made for John Lennon for the Beatles’s second film ‘Help!’.

The suit was made in 1965 by Douglas Millings. Between late 1962 and 1967 Dougie and his son Gordon made all of The Beatles' suits for stage, film and touring, plus some of their everyday clothes.

Be part of our Beatles exhibition

We'd like to include your memories and stories in the new Museum of Liverpool's 'Growing up with The Beatles' exhibition and on this website. Are you a Beatles fan? Does this suit trigger any memories or anecdotes? If so then we would love to hear from you.

E-mail the Museum of Liverpool and tell us what comes to mind while looking at our Beatles collection. Please include your name, age, where you are from and your contact details if you'd like to get involved.

'Growing up with The Beatles' is one of the displays being planned for the new Museum of Liverpool, which opens in 2011.