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'E' Company, 3rd West Africa Regiment, Sierra Leone Frontier Force, West Africa, 1898
Photograph, West Africa, 1898.
The West African Regiment was raised in 1898 as a single-battalion regiment in Sierra Leone, for the defence of Freetown, a major British naval base. The colony of Sierra Leone also provided a battalion of the Royal West African Frontier Force, a body responsible to the Colonial Office for garrisoning the British West African colonies.
One of 18 photographs, Sierra Leone Frontier Force, West Africa, 1898.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1980-01-7--17
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1980-01-7--17