The brand was founded by Cavanders Ltd in 1775. Cavanders was a cigarette company originally based in
Manchester, but eventually moved its operations in
London. Army Club was a popular cigarette brand in the 1910s, especially during
World War I. The brand was discontinued in 1961, as the company was taken over by the
Godfrey Philips Company, whose main factory is now in
Mumbai. It is believed that the company was eventually acquired by
Philip Morris International. An Army Club cigarette packet was found in the pocket of the
Somerton Man. In September 2014,
Wales Online reported that a +100-year-old packet of Army Club cigarettes exists. The pack is kept by Brian Alexander, which has kept it safe since his father passed it onto him after his grandfather, known as Arthur Maddox, gave it to him. "The cigarettes were brought home from World War One by my grandfather Arthur Maddox, and he gave them to my father, Fred Alexandar. My grandfather bet my father he would smoke them before the month was out because he was a chain smoker. But my father did not smoke them, and so he passed them on to me and I still have them," Brian said. ==Advertising==