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Photograph of Edward VII. A large bearded white man wearing a black cap, tartan jacket and waistcoat, a shirt and tie, a tartan kilt with a small swastika on it, a sporran, stockings and shiny black leather shoes, holding a walking stick.
Black and white photograph of King Edward VII, kilted, with walking stick. Inscription in pencil on back. Mounted in cream cardboard, unglazed.
Inscription: His late Majesty King Edward VII
Inscription: His late Majesty King Edward VII
Photograph. A memorial plaque on a wall at the Tower of London with two guards. The photograph is captioned TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, Inventor of the Percussion Lock.
Photograph of the plaque to Rev Alexander John Forsyth, at the Tower of London, flanked by 2 Beefeaters. Framed and glazed.
Inscription: TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH. Inventor of the percussion lock.
Inscription: TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH. Inventor of the percussion lock.
Photograph. A memorial plaque with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man bordered by laurels. The plaque is inscribed PER ASPERA TENAX, 1768, 1843, To the Memory of the Reverend ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, M A LL D, Minister of Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordinance and in 1807 invented the percussion system which was adopted by the British Army in 1839, This Tablet erected in 1929 by admirers of his Genius.
Photograph, framed and glazed, of the plaque to Rev Alexander John Forsyth. PER ASPERA TENAX 1768 - 1843 Minister of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire. In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordnance and in 1807 invented…
