| His name - Fred Piggin - was inscribed on the album page that originally held this cabinet photograph. Unfortunately no other information was written down which could have helped to determine to which regiment this very young looking soldier belonged. He is fully outfitted for the field and one can assume the photo was taken prior to his departure for South Africa during the Boer War. This photo was once part of a pair of almost identical images. Both by the same photographer the other image showed a H. Piggen in the same outdoor location and in the same type of uniform. H. Piggin looked to be of very similar age and one can only assume that the two young men were brothers. Cabinet Photograph Berl Storer - Photographer Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England c. 1900 |
