Mervyn Mitton Posted May 9, 2009 Posted May 9, 2009 Two interesting naval pictures - this one shows the embarkation of the 91st Regt. - The Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders -from Southampton in 1979. They were on their way to take part in the Anglo-ZulU War of 1879.
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 9, 2009 Author Posted May 9, 2009 Disembarkation of the 91 st. Regt. on their arrival in Durban. Quite a rare pair.These are originals and appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1879. They were of course published in black and white and we have a good artist in the UK who water colour them. He does great research to be accurate. Because of being painted we have to keep them covered with cellophane and this is the slight distortion at the bottom of each.
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 9, 2009 Author Posted May 9, 2009 Sorry ! In the first caption I seem to have invented time travel - of course it is 1879.
leigh kitchen Posted May 9, 2009 Posted May 9, 2009 The 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment at that time, they became 1st Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders when amalgamated with the 93rd in 1881.
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