This
is a series of 17 illustrated booklets containing pictures of the early
stages of the Boer War. It is a large format 10" x 14" containing
excellent pictures. Many of the pictures are included in this site.
Hyperlinks are provided to the unit pages. Hyperlinks are not provides
to the pictures of the individuals. These can be found by searching
from the home page.
The Transvaal War Album was edited by Commander C N Robinson RN and
published in 1900.
Part 1 - The Mounted forces
Gen Sir R Buller
Maj Gen J DP French
Lt Col A D Neeld
Household Regiment
6th Dragoon Guards
19th Hussars
12th Lancers
13th Hussars
6th Dragoons
9th Lancers
Mounted Infantry
Part 2 - Infantry of the Line
Lt Gen Sir H M Leslie Rundle
Maj Gen Hon H G Lyttleton
2nd Bn King's Own Lancaster Regiment
2nd Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2nd Bn Cheshire Regiment
2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn Durham Light Infantry
2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
1st Bn Manchester Regiment
1st Bn East Lancashire Regiment
3rd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
Part 3 - The Guards Brigade
Lt Gen Lord Metheun
Maj Gen Sir H E Colvile
Brig Gen R Pole-Carew
Col A H Paget
Col A E Codrington
Col E M S Crabbe
1st Coldstream Guards
2nd Coldstream Guards
3rd Grenadier Guards
1st Scots Guards
Part 4 - The Highland Brigade
Lt Gen Sir G S White
Maj Gen H A Macdonald
Maj Gen Sir A Hunter
Maj Gen A G Wauchope
1st Gordon Highlanders
2nd Gordon Highlanders
2nd Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
1st Argyll and Sutherland highlanders
2nd Scottish Rifles
Part 5 - Infantry of the Line
Lt Gen Sir C F Clery
Lt Gen Gatacre
2nd East Surrey Regiment
2nd West Surrey Regiment
2nd West Yorkshire Regiment
1st Loyal North Lancs Regiment
2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd Rifle Brigade
1st Devonshire Regiment
1st Border Regiment
1st, 2nd & 3rd Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Suffolk Regiment
Part 6 - Scientific and Departmental Corps
Lt Gen Sir Charles Warren
Maj Gen Lord Kitchener of Khartoum
Maj Gen Sir H C Chermside
Col E W D Ward
Lt Col J L B Templer
Maj W D Jones
Maj R M Poore
Royal Engineers
Army Service Corps
Army Medical Corps
Military Police
Ammunition Column
Part 7 - Infantry of the Line (Irish)
Lt Gen T Kelly-Kenny
Maj Gen A Fittroy Hart
Maj Gen H J T Hildyard
Maj Gen E R P Woodgate
1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1st Royal Irish Regiment
1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1st Leinster Regiment
1st Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st Royal Irish Fusiliers
2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers
1st Connaught Rangers
2nd Royal Irish Rifles
Part 8 - Infantry of the Line (English and Welsh)
Maj Gen J T Coke
Maj Gen R A P Clements
2nd Northamptonshire Regiment
2nd Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2nd Somerset Light Infantry
1st Rifle Brigade
2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1st Welsh Regiment
1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1st West Riding Regiment
2nd Worcester Regiment
2nd Shropshire Light Infantry
2nd Warwickshire Regiment
1st Yorkshire Regiment
1st Essex Regiment
Part 9 - Royal Artillery
Col C M H Downing
Col C J Long
Q Battery RHA
T Battery RHA
U Battery RHA
E Battery RHA
J Battery RHA
O Battery RHA
R Battery RHA
G Battery RHA
78th Battery RFA
38th Battery RFA
8th Battery RFA
Siege Battery
Part 10 - Mounted Forces
Maj Gen J Babington
Col the Earl of Dundonald
17th Lancers
14th Hussars
2nd Dragoons
10th Hussars
1st Royal Dragoons
16th Lancers
8th Hussars
Part 11 - Royal Artillery
Field Marshal Lord Roberts
Maj Gen G H Marshall
U Battery RHA
18 Battery RFA
19 Battery RFA
37 Battery RFA (Howitzer)
42 Battery RFA
62 Battery RFA
63 Battery RFA
64 Battery RFA
73 Battery RFA
77 Battery RFA
79 Battery RFA
4th Mountain
Battery RGA
Part 12 - Colonial Forces
Col R S S Baden-Powell
Col R G Kekewich
Lt Col H C O Plumer
Lt Col A W Thorneycroft
Lt Col W D Otter
Lt Col T S Parrott
Lt Col D M Lumsden
Capt the Hon R H De Montmorency VC
South African Contingent
Kitchener's Horse
Imperial Light Infantry
Protectorate Regiment
Diamond Fields Horse
Cape Mounted Police
Natal Mounted Police
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry
Canadian Contingent
Ceylon Contingent
Australasian Contingent
New Zealand
Queensland
Victorian
Tasmanian
New South Wales
South Australian
West Australian
Indian Transport Corps
Part 13 - Yeomanry and Volunteers
Field Marshal HRH The Prince of Wales
Col W H Mackinnon
City of London Imperial Volunteers
East Kent Imperial Yeomanry
Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry
Gloucestershire Imperial Yeomanry
Berkshire Imperial Yeomanry
North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry
Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry
Fire & Forfar Imperial Yeomanry
Devon Imperial Yeomanry
West Kent Imperial Yeomanry
Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry
Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry
Irish Imperial Yeomanry
Paget's Horse Imperial Yeomanry
Lord Loch's Contingent Yeomanry
Duke of Cambridge Own Imperial Yeomanry
Wiltshire Volunteers
Bedforshire Volunteers
Hampshire Volunteers
Derbyshire Volunteers
East Kent Volunteers
South Lancashire Volunteers
Part 14 - Infantry of the Line
Lt Gen Charles Tucker
Maj Gen Sir F Carrington
Maj Gen Sir W G Nicholson
Maj Gen A S Wynne
Maj Gen Elliott Wood
Surg Gen W D WIlson
Maj Gen E T H Hutton
Maj Gen B B D Campbell
Maj Gen J E Boyes
Maj M F Rimington
1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1st Highland Light Infantry
1st King's Own Scottish Borderers
2nd South Wales Borderers
1st Royal Sussex Regiment
2nd Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Derbyshire Regiment
Part 15 - The Militia
Maj Gen G T Pretyman
Brig Gen T C Porter
4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
3rd Seaforth Highlanders
3rd Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
3rd King's Own Scottish Borderers
4th Cameronians (Scottish Riles)
4th Bedfordshire Regiment
5th King's (Liverpool Regiment)
4th Somerset Light Infantry
5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers
3rd East Lancashire Regiment
5th Northumberland Fusiliers
4th North Staffordshire Regiment
3rd South Wales Borderers
5th Royal Munster Fusiliers
3rd Durham Light Infantry
6th Lancashire Fusiliers
Part 16 - The Royal Navy
Rear Admiral Sir R Harris
Capt Hon Hedworth Lambton
Capt Percy M Scott
Capt R C Prothero
Capt E P Jones
Officers of the Naval Brigades
Naval Brigades in Natal
Naval Brigades in Cape Colony
Naval guns landed at Durban
Naval guns landed at Cape Town
Naval armoured trains, searchlights etc
Part 17 - Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers
Brig Gen H H Settle
Col Sir C Parsons
17th Battery Royal Field
Artillery
61st Battery Royal Field Artillery
2nd Battery Royal Field Artillery
81st Battery Royal Field Artillery
O Battery RHA
2nd Co W Devon RGA
10th Co W Devon RGA
5th Co E Devon RGA
10th Co E Devon
47th Co (Fortress) RE
42nd Co (Fortress) RE
38th Field Co RE
11th Field Co RE
17th Field Co RE
Balloon Section RE
Pontoon Section RE
