Very interesting.
Is the WW II identification as QMSI because that is his known appointment?
I ask because when, in 1938, the new rank of WO III was authorised, all existing WO II, whatever their appointment, had to change to the 1919 RQMS crown/wreath Until the final abandonment of WOIII [1947 from memory] the RQMS was indistinguishable from a CSM [as indeed he had been from May 1915 to September 1918]
So I believe that the man in the photo might be a CSM Instructor or any other appointment open to a WO II ....... and this of course includes RQMS Instructor if such an appointment existed in the unit.
I would add that I have no detailed knowledge of School of Musketry or Small Arms School infrastructure.
Standing by to be educated.
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