Camp - Umzimkulu Mounted Rifles Port Shepstone 1885
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2016-10-10-28

Description

Photograph of a mounted unit, split into three sections and lined up in front of tented camp. It is entitled: Umzimkulu Mounted Rifles at Port Shepstone, South Africa, 1885. From an album of 40 photographs most likely belonging to the family of Sir John Dartnell, primarily of South Africa in the 1870s. It features various groups and personalities, including Lord Chelmsford and his Staff, and images of the the Natal Mounted Police, which Dartnell raised.