'Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry', South Africa, 1900-1901 (c)

Photograph, Boer War (1899-1902), 1900-1901 (c).

A column of Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, South Africa, , 1900-1901 (c).

Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry was raised at Pietermaritzburg by Major Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft (1859-1931) of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. The corps served in the early stages of the Boer War, including at the Relief of Ladysmith.

From an album of 47 photographs compiled by Lieutenant E H Hanks, 1900-1901.