Natal Border Mounted Rifles: officers who served in siege of Ladysmith

Border Mounted Rifles: officers who served in the Siege of Ladysmith, Anglo-Boer War:
Lieut James Gold, Lieut Trennor, Lieut Quarter Master W Dixon Smith, Lieut H B Andreasen, Lieut R G Archibald, Lieut W M Power (Veterinary officer), Lieut Thring, Capt Richard Vause, Maj Rethman (OC), Adj Maj Sangmeister, Capt W Arnott, Lieut Jack Royston, Capt Platt (medical officer)

      William Dixon Smith (1857-1900)

       Lieut Quarter Master BMR

For more on the origins of William Dixon Smith and his family

www.bordersancestry.co.uk/blog/smiths-of-northumberland

William Dixon Smith died
 at Intombispruit Hospital Camp Ladysmith.

Border Mounted Rifles: Rough But Ready
The famous Boot and Spur insignia.