This regiment, about 4 squadrons strong, was organised in 1901, the
command being given to Major A B Baker, DSO. The regiment saw a good
deal of service in Cape Colony at a time when glory was very hard to
harvest, but they did useful work in worrying and running down small
commandos, and they seem to have kept out of serious mishaps. They
were still engaged with scattered bodies of the enemy when peace was
declared, and had sharp fighting thirty-six miles east of Fraserburg on 3rd
June 1902, actually four days after the declaration. The commandos had
apparently not taken the news seriously, if these had reached the
neighbourhood. On this last occasion Squadron Sergeant Major Carter
and 3 men were killed, and Lieutenant F L Whalley and 1 man were wounded.
