Photograph of Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, South Africa, 1900 (c)- 1901 (c).

Photograph from an album of 47 photographs with captions compiled by Lt E H Hanks, 1900-1901. 
Associated with Boer War (1899-1902).

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 ealry stages of the Boer War, including at the relief of Ladysmith. At the end of the war, Thorneycroft was among several officers who left Cape Town on the SS Kildonan Castle.