'Capture of Benin - Military Tournament', 1897 (c)

Photograph, 1897 (c).

A Military Tournament re-enactment of a scene from the Benin expedition of 1897, with soldiers in make-up, representing members of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force which took part in the punitive expedition. Seated in the middle is a captive, presumably representing Oba Ovonramwen, the King of Benin.

From an album compiled by Major N Burrows of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.