A PRESENTATION TEA POT ( 2ND RESERVE BATTALION) HALLMARKED 1911 | friends-of-the-royal-naval-divisions-in-ww1.co.uk

THIS TEAPOT IS A PRESENTATION PIECE , AND IS ENGRAVED WITH THE FOLLOWING,

" FROM THE OFFICERS 2ND RESERVE BATTALION,

ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION, BLANDFORD CAMP

IT IS HALLMARKED M . for 1911 LION PASSENT (ENGLISH STANDARD .925-1000 PARTS SILVER)

THE ANCHOR (BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE)

AND FINALY THE MAKERS MARK HM, IMAGE BELOW RIGHT

CLEARER MAKERS MARK

IMAGE OBOVE LEFT

ON THE LEFT AND BELOW ARE A SERIES OF IMAGES OF THE TEAPOT,

I WOULD LIKE TO "PUBLICLY THANK"

"MARTIN MILLER" FOR THE USE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE PIECE,

ON THE REMARKABLE FIND

OF THIS FANTASTIC PIECE OF R N D HISTORY................

ON THE LEFT IS THE LETTER H ,

MONOGRAM,

AN ENLARGED VERSION IS SHOWN ABOVE RIGHT

WHO EVER HE WAS HE MUST HAVE MEANT A LOT TO THE OFFICERS CONCERNED,

AS TO PURCHASE THIS AND TO HAVE IT ENGRAVED ,

COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHEAP EVEN BACK THEN,

ALSO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE AUSTERITY MEASURES IN WW1, IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE REMARKABLE,

WHEATHER IT WAS PART OF A COMPLETE SET ,

OR A ONE OFF WE WILL NEVER KNOW.

The 1st and 2nd Reserve Battalions RND were formed at the Blandford Depot after the RND had departed to the MEF

(The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force )

in Sprlng 1915. They provided reinforcement drafts to the RND battalions in the field.

By March 1918 when the RND left Blandford

THE POST CARD ON THE RIGHT WAS TAKEN AT THE CAMP IN BLANDFORD ,

AND SHOWS A RATING IN GALLIPOLI TYPE RIG , IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY JUST BEHIND " HIS" LEFT,

ELBOW YOU CAN SEE HIS OPPOS TRYING TO BE SEEN IN THE PHOTO,

THE IMAGE BELOW SHOWS MORE RATINGS AT THE CAMP ,

WITH CHARGER LOADING LONG LEE ENFIELDS ,

COMPLETE WITH VOLLEY SIGHTS

THE IMAGE BELOW .

SHOWS ONE OF THE BARRACK ,

BLOCKS AT THE CAMP ,

CIRCA 1918 AND BEING USED BY THE Y.M.C.A

ON THE LEFT ARE 3 IMAGES OF THE PRESENTATION TEA POT.