MARGARET HARDISTY (BRITISH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY) Portrait miniature of Major William Frederick James Hardisty, wearing uniform of the Worcestershire Regiment signed and dated 1927, verso watercolour on ivory rectangular 'hammered' white alloy frame 82 mm (3 1/4 in) high PROVENANCE: Sale, Reeman Dansie, Colchester, 15 February 2017, lot 970 Major Hardisty, MBE (1858-1924) was a cadet in the 29th Foot (London Gazette, 10th May 1878), Major in the Worcestershire Regiment in 1910.