A detachment of the Northern Nigeria Regiment on parade, 1907 (c)
lantern slide, lantern slide
Accession Number
NAM.1999-02-15-10
Description
Photograph: A detachment of the Northern Nigeria Regiment on parade, 1907 (c)-1911. The main role of the Northern Nigeria Regiment, part of the West African Frontier Force, was to guard the colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia against possible French colonial expansion in the territories bordering them. From collection of 41 lantern slides, collected between 1907-1911, by Lt H R S Massy, Royal Artillery, attached to the Northern Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force.