Photos taken by Royal Navy officer show soldiers in the Second Boer War in 1899
Advertisement Fascinating previously unseen photographs taken by a British naval officer who travelled the world while serving on a Royal Navy ship 120 years ago have come to light. Henry Taprell Dorling served on cruiser HMS Terrible in the Second Boer War in South Africa before heading on to the Far East. The war was the first major conflict of the 20th Century, claiming more tens of thousands of lives on both sides and signalling the birth of the modern British Army. The images of the conflict show the crew on board the vessel as well as blown up bridges and encampments as Dorling was in...
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