King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

South African War (Boer War) 1899 - 1902

Volunteer Active Service Companies in South Africa

Members of the Active Service Company of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on guard outside the Town Hall, Ladysmith, South Africa, 1900.
Accession Number: KO0373/08 and KO0505/02

De Jagers Drift, Transvaal, Soldier and Dog, 2nd Active Service Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1901.
Accession Number: KO1165/01

De Jagers Drift, Transvaal, The ration cart, 2nd Active Service Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1901.
Accession Number: KO1165/02

De Jagers Drift, Transvaal, Tommy Rations, 2nd Active Service Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1901.
Accession Number: KO1165/03

De Jagers Drift, Transvaal, The Canteen, 2nd Active Service Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1901.
Accession Number: KO1165/04

De Jagers Drift, Transvaal, The Blockhouse pets, 2nd Active Service Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1901.
Accession Number: KO1165/05

2nd Active Service Company of the Volunteer Battalions, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Boer War 1901, Group of seven soldiers and one dog, including William John Davidson.
William John Davidson received the Queen’s South Africa Medal. He them immigrated to Canada from England and was in Canada when the Great War broke out and he served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He received the War and Victory Medals for the First World War.
Accession Number: KO2681/01

William John Davidson and some South Africans, 1901 Boer War. 2nd Active Service Company of the Volunteer Battalions, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2681/02

Members of one of the Active Service Company's of the Volunteer Battalions of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in South Africa.
Accession Number: KO0946/01