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Hello

Frank had kindly shown an interest in my purchase of the medals to RQMS W Blaing 1st Northumberland Artillery Volunteers (RGA) aka Elswick battery. Having completed the transaction here are his medals:



and the naming on the QSA:



This group ticks two particular boxes for me; the QSA & Afghan combination very rare for the ranks, and the Elswick Btty who were volunteers and their guns (6 Naval 12 pdrs) were given to Lord Roberts by Lady Meux - his personal guns!

Anyone know of any pictures of the men of this battery, surely the RQMS would stand out?

Regards
Meurig

Meurig

Thank you for showing an excellent group! It is seeing such groups early in the morning that brighten up my day.

Regards
Brett

Hello Meurig,

I agree totally with Brett. A super group.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Cheers
Adrian

That really is superb, he was certainly a very interesting man, you would struggle to find anything similar these days.

SWB wrote: Hello

Frank had kindly shown an interest in my purchase of the medals to RQMS W Blaing 1st Northumberland Artillery Volunteers (RGA) aka Elswick battery. Having completed the transaction here are his medals:

and the naming on the QSA:

This group ticks two particular boxes for me; the QSA & Afghan combination very rare for the ranks, and the Elswick Btty who were volunteers and their guns (6 Naval 12 pdrs) were given to Lord Roberts by Lady Meux - his personal guns!

Anyone know of any pictures of the men of this battery, surely the RQMS would stand out?

Regards
Meurig

Meurig
As Capt. Square said to L/Cpl. Jones in one particular episode of Dad's Army: "you have on your chest the recent history of the Empire"! A really nice group.
IL.

Fantastic Group Meurig.......

Just makes my mouth water and wishes I could find a similar group.....

With regards a photo I understand that there is a group photo out there somewhere but I hear that it is was published in a period magazine.....

This came up when I posted the information about my single Elswick, I was told about it but could never find one.....

Still it is a fantastic group.....

Mike

SWB wrote: Hello

Anyone know of any pictures of the men of this battery, surely the RQMS would stand out?

Regards
Meurig