Another from the family archives

The Northern Mounted Rifles was established as a Transvaal Volunteer unit in 1903. It was replaced by the 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment) on 1st July 1913.

This old photograph of "A" Squadron taken in 1912, includes my wife's maternal Great-grandfather Joseph, a Farrier Sergeant at the time (front left) and his 17 year old son Frank, a trumpeter (back right).

In 1915, Joseph was one of the members of the 12th Infantry who enlisted in the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force 1915-1918, and served in German East Africa where he unfortunately succumbed to fever in Kilwa in 1916.