Rhodesia and After

Hardcover. English. Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. 1901 1st ed. ISBN: n/a. 350pp with 50 black & white photographs and 3 maps (2 folding) including paste in frontis of author.

Fair condition in slightly shook covers as frong hinge has cracked but holding. Beige covers are a little worn, mild foxing on titlepage.

Being the Story of the 17th and 18th Battalions of Imperial Yeomancy in South Africa. Action-packed memoir of a soldier in the Imperial Yeomanry who fought in Rhodesia and in South Africa during the Boer War.The 17th and 18th Battalions IY were formed from the 50th Company, a Hampshire contingent; the 60th and 61st, both raised in Belfast and known as the Irish Yeomanry; the 65th, a Leicestershire contingent, and the 67th, 70th, 71st and 75th, all of which were raised and equipped by the Earl of Dunraven and known collectively as Dunravens Sharpshooters. Book No: 2501519