page_title: Valerie, Lady Meux
section_title: The Boer War
hierarchical_section_title: Valerie, Lady Meux / The Boer War
caption_attribution_description: One of the "Elswick guns", a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun ("Long twelve") specially mounted on a field carriage for service in the Second Boer War.
context_page_description: Valerie Susan, Lady Meux, was an American-born English socialite of the Victorian era. She was the wife of Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet, a London brewer.
context_section_description: During the Second Boer War, the early British reverses made headline news and the defence of Ladysmith made a particular impression on Lady Meux. On hearing of the landing of naval guns for the Battle of Ladysmith, she ordered, at her own expense, six naval 12-pounders on special field carriages made by Armstrong of Elswick. The guns were sent directly to Lord Roberts in South Africa, because they had been refused by the War Office. The unit which manned these guns were known as the "Elswick Battery". The battery was in action several times, including the Second Battle of Silkaatsnek.
caption: A QF 12-pounder naval gun of the "Elswick Battery"
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