| Trumpeter H. H. Sawyer of the Royal Horse Artillery as identified by a pen inscription on the reverse of the photograph. It also states that the photo was taken "after enlisting to go to the Boer War." Further research seems to indicate that this is actually H.H. Sawyer, Trumpeter to "B" Battery of the Honorable Artillery Company who served with the detachment of that artillery unit that deployed to South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War. The H.A.C. sent some 193 to South Africa with City Imperial Volunteers. These men served in Yeomany, mounted infantry, infantry and well as artillery capacities. Sawyer served with the Field Battery (H.A.C.) of the City Imperial Volunteers during his tenure in South Africa. Cabinet Photograph Arthur Weston - Photographer 52 & 53 New Gate Street, London, E.C., England c. 1900 |
