'Come to prayers', 1900-1901 (c)
Photograph, Boer War (1899-1902), 1900-1901 (c).
Photograph of a church service, most likely on HMT Kildonan Castle.
HMT Kildonan Castle assisted in transporting some of the 166,277 troops from the UK and Ireland to South Africa. Kildonan Castle carried an average of 2,700 officers and men on each of its three voyages. The greatest number carried in any one trip was 2,893 by the Bavarian. In December 1900 she was used as a prisoner of war ship at Simonstown.
From an album of 47 photographs compiled by Lieutenant E H Hanks, 1900-1901.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1987-07-14-7
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1987-07-14-7