An unidentified trooper in what appears to be the uniform of the British South Africa Company Police.

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The reverse of the card has a small slip of blue-lined paper glued to it with the name of "Mrs. Shaw" inscribed on it. One might assume that this Mrs. Shaw was the intended recipient of the photograph.

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Eventually renamed the British South Africa Police the unit served during the two wars with the Matabele (1893 and 1896/97), during the Anglo-Boer War, and later in Tanganyika during World War One. It later would become the senior regiment of the Rhodesian armed forces.

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Cabinet Photograph

Fitz G. Foreman/Salisbury Studio - Photographer

Stanley Avenue, Salisbury, Mashonaland

c. 1900