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An Elswick Battery man - from the Boer war to WWII 7 years 2 months ago #57746

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Hello Brianc,

That seems a highly plausible identification of HWP, thank you.
The tribute is Hibbard A12 but is gilded silver, not brass.

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That is a rarely nice Tribute Medal, never seen one before.

Glad to have been of assistance regards naming.

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An Elswick Battery man - from the Boer war to WWII 7 years 1 week ago #58574

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Still working on re-building the Regiment / Battery......

Here is the latest one on it's way to me by Jiffy Bag......

7148 DRIVER (SHOEING SMITH) THOMAS MORTIMER. 1ST NTHLD: VOL:ART. (The Elswick Battery), [ CC / OFS / TVL / SAO1 ]

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QSAMIKE wrote: Maybe we can put the whole battery back together.......

7066 Driver Devlin, Charles William, Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, The Elswick Battery
7247 Gunner Standfast, James Percy, Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, The Elswick Battery

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