...And just to muddy the waters further, this circa 1883:

Rank Chart circa 1883.jpg

QM.jpg

PJ

[Edit - Just to add to this, from what I have just read, 'Quartermaster Sergeant' came into being in 1856, but from the time of the 1881 reforms up until the Great War, most badges of rank remained unchanged. Happy to be corrected on this, of course].