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It simply "vanished" it sounds more like a matter of misappropriation!

LinneyI wrote: BP
Yes, the scale model has the correct tripod. Those scale models are beautiful pieces of work. Over the years I have seen a couple of scale model Maxim and Vickers MMGs and would love to get my hands on one; Maxim or Vickers. A Rifle Association of which IL was once a member had an example in a glass case (the model was about nine or ten inches long). However, it vanished during a change of venue.
Regards
IL.

BereniceUK wrote:

GIFT OF A MACHINE GUN TO CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.

A machine gun and equipment, of the total cost of £500, has been presented to the 3rd Company of the Cheshire Yeomanry, now in the course of formation, by Miss Clarke, of North Cliff, Filey.
The Chester Courant, 14th February 1900

£500 in 1900 is equivalent to just under £58,000 in today's money. How would this machine gun have been bought with donated money? From the War Office or from an arms manufacturer?

Love the image of "Miss Clarke", a little old lady or a vivacious young gal?, presiding over a ceremony presenting a machine gun to the local volunteers; "may you kill lots of the enemy" and the vicar blesses the gun. Wouldn't happen today.

Linneyl, even though it is behind the men, is this possibly the wheeled carriage you refer to ? I know the photo is circa 1900. I cannot locate my references on "Dress Regulations" to date the white jackets to further tie the date down.

BP

Hi BP.......

Could they be stewards for some special occasion like a formal mess dinner outside an Officers Mess, with a trophy. ?????
All of ours used to wear white and depending on the size and type of the dinner we used to hire OR's as stewards......

Mike

BP
It looks rather like a Dundonald carriage -



The Maxim shown in this pic from Creswicke is an early type; does not have a water jacket. The DD carriage had a steel frame and trail with wooden wheels with steel rims. In the field it would have had a limber and the unit was towed by four horses.


There was another type of carriage for the Maxim; that one was very similar to that of a Horse Artillery gun - but a lot lighter in construction.


I think your pic shows the former type.

I really don't know much about British Army uniforms; so I cannot assist in dating the pic from the white jackets. I do recall that a white, tropical dress jacket was and probably still is on issue.
Perhaps others on the forum might assist here.
Regards
IL.