bandolier, bandolier
Accession Number

NAM.2002-02-1194-1

Description

Bandolier, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 1900 (c). Brown leather to hold 60 rounds of ammunition, 1900 (c) This was used by Major Aldred Frederick George Beresford, 10th Earl of Scarbrough, during the South African War (1899-1902) when he served as Second in command of the 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, which was partly raised from the Yorkshire Dragoons. Brown leather with 12 pouches, each designed to hold a clip of five rounds of .303 calibre ammunition.

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)