British WW1 Named Officers Trench Periscope KIA

Named to Lt - Colonel Charles Alfred Walker Anderson who was killed in action. A privately purchased telescopic example in painted brass. The base engraved “C A W Anderson” on the base.

Approx 34cm long when closed

50mm diameter
Opens to Telescopic to 540mm

No eye lense cup. And the optics no longer working.

Previous service during the Boer War with operations Cape Colony June- Aug 1901 and in the Transvaal Dec 1901-May 1902. And operations Orange River colony Aug-Dec 1902.

Temporary Lt - Colonel Charles Alfred Walker Anderson was killed in action in France 18/9/1916 whilst Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in command of 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.
There is some research and pictures on the internet about Colonel Anderson.

Code: 2719