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New page: Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments. ==External links== *William Holmes, later Lt. C...
Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments.
==External links==
*William Holmes, later Lt. Col. John David William Holmes MC, joined Lumsden’s Horse and his story is told in [http://1cha.co.uk/2.html William Holmes], in his “Autobiography” and “Letters Home from the Boer War” from The Progonion
*Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, 2nd in command of Lumsden's Horse, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu, South Africa, April 30th, 1900. He had been a tea planter in Assam and had served as Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers. [http://www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/casualties_s.htm Officer Casualties-Surname S] from Anglo-Boer War
===Historical books online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org
[[Category: Auxiliary Regiments]]
==External links==
*William Holmes, later Lt. Col. John David William Holmes MC, joined Lumsden’s Horse and his story is told in [http://1cha.co.uk/2.html William Holmes], in his “Autobiography” and “Letters Home from the Boer War” from The Progonion
*Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, 2nd in command of Lumsden's Horse, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu, South Africa, April 30th, 1900. He had been a tea planter in Assam and had served as Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers. [http://www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/casualties_s.htm Officer Casualties-Surname S] from Anglo-Boer War
===Historical books online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org
[[Category: Auxiliary Regiments]]
