One of ten photographs associated with the Queen’s Regiment battlefield of Colenso, crossing the Little Tugela, laying a pontoon bridge at Vaal Krantz, in action at Elandslaagte, crossing the Sunday river, Lt Laurence Dunkin Wedd and Lt Geoffrey William Poynder, Kroonstadt-Lindley Blockhouse line, building blockhouse ‘75’, alarm wires and entanglements, battery to prevent crossing at night, 1899-1902.
Associated with Battle of Colenso, Boer War (1899), Battle of Elandslaagte, Boer War (1899).
Wedd and Poynder both died at Kroonstad in 1902 whilst serving with 2nd Bn Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).