Historical information
The Boer War was fought from 1899 to 1901.
Physical description
Black and white printed photo montage of Officers who served in the South African Forces during the Boer War. Portraits are supplemented with views of:
Modder River, Ladysmith, Railway Bridge of Tugela, 4.7 naval gun, Royal Horse Artillery, Johannesburg Fort, Howitzer Gun, Field Artillery.
The poster produced as an advertising medium for Wills Tobacco and Cigarettes using the Transvaal Series of cards.
Subjects
- boer war,
- south african war,
- armed services,
- lord roberts,
- weapons,
- alfred milner,
- cecil rhodes,
- w.p. schreiner,
- w. hely hutchinson,
- w.p. symons,
- general mildyard,
- a. hunter,
- holled smith,
- dick-cunnynghame,
- f. roberts,
- charles warren,
- brabazon,
- a.g. wauchope,
- kelly-kenny,
- hector mcdonald,
- baden-powell,
- lord methuen,
- f. carrington,
- n.g. lyttleton,
- f. howard,
- j.d.f. french,
- w.f. gatacre,
- h.s. rawlinson,
- eyre crabbe,
- alderson,
- kekewich,
- a. fitzroy hart,
- g. white,
- lord kitchener,
- lord dundonald,
- plumer,
- h.m.l. rundle,
- w.h. mackinnon,
- h.e. colville,
- f. forestier walker,
- r. clements,
- redvers buller,
- h. chermside,
- g. lyttelton
