1899 in Colour - Queen Victoria's Life Guards (Boer War)

Her Majesty Queen Victoria reviewing the 1st and 2nd Regiments of Life Guards on parade prior to fighting in South Africa as part of the Second Boer War.

The Life Guards are garrisoned at Bulford Camp, RHQ, London and are also known as the Donkey Wallopers, the Tins, Tinned Fruit, Piccadilly Butchers, or Piccadilly Cowboys. They were consolidated from the four troops of Horse Guards in 1788.

The Second Boer War, also known as the South African war, or Anglo-Boer war, or 'Second Freedom War' was between 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902 and centred around recently discovered gold deposits in South Africa.