Leith Volunteers for South Africa

Category

Library Item

Item no

38140

Title

Leith Volunteers for South Africa

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1901

Size

23.1 x 26.9 cm

Type

Press cutting

Many men from Leith volunteered to fight in the Boer War from 1900-1902. The part played by the 5th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots is commemorated by a panel on the plinth of the statue of Queen Victoria at the foot of Leith Walk.

The volunteers in this group are:

Back row from left to right: T. Bolton, W. Flett, P. Stoddart, A. Mackay, A. Sinclair, A. Power, R. McLean, A. Malcolm, T. Greig (Corporal).

Front row from left to right: J. Smart (Corporal), G. Hunter, H. Moffatt, Wemyss-Campbell (Captain), D. McDonald (Sergeant), D. Hutchison, J. Pentland, C. Nisbet.

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