NAM.1987-08-27-29

Officers. 9th M.I. early 03. Photograph showing a uniformed group of officers of 9th Mounted Infantry, Middleburg, South Africa, early 1903. Photograph taken by McKenzie & Brown, Middelburg, Cape Colony. The group is of three rows, the rearmost standing, the middle seated on wicker chairs and the foremost reclining on the ground, in front of a corrugated metal hut. Captain W E L Stewart carrying a cane is seated second from left on the middle row and to his left, seated in a low chair, is Hugh Trenchard, future founder of the Royal Air Force. A variety of uniforms and hats are worn, the latter including peaked caps, pith helmets and a broad brimmed hat. Fields buildings and a hill can be seen to background right. From 31 photographs mostly relating to the Boer War, compiled by Capt W E L Stewart, 1900.