photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1987-08-27-9
Description
Photograph showing a Maxim Gun on a tripod mounting behind which stands Sgt Clay of the 3rd Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Clay wears a foreign field service helmet and stands in front of a bell tent, outside which sit other uniformed soldiers, A further bell tent and Majuba Hill, site of an action in the First South African War, 1881, are in the backgroud. From 31 photographs mostly relating to the Boer War, compiled by Capt W E L Stewart, 1900. Mounted on a sheet from a photograph album.
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902)
Events
Majuba Hill, Battle of, 1881 (Transvaal War 1880-1881)
