Taken just prior to the outbreak of the Boer War, this photograph shows a sergeant of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers with a woman who in all likelihood is his wife. He wears marksman and lance qualification badges on his left sleeve. The 5th Lancers tunic sported a green plastron befitting their Irish designation. Cabinet Photograph Australasian Studios - Photographer West Street, Durban, Natal, South Africa c. 1898