photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2005-03-23-2
Description
Group photograph of the officers of the 12th Royal Lancers in dress fatigues. The 12th were then stationed at Potchefstroom in the Transvaal, South Africa, 1911. One of nine photographs relating to the service of Capt Frederick Herbert Norton Taylor, 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers. Commissioned on 19 Sep 1908, Norton served in India and South Africa before leaving the Army in 1914. On the outbreak of World War One (1914-1918) he was recalled to the Colours with the 6th Regiment of Reserve Cavalry, serving in France and Belgium where he was buried for two days at Ypres. Norton was badly wounded and required extensive jaw surgery.