Souvenir Saturday: Col Royston Natal Volunteers and Staff, Ladysmith

Col William Royston (centre), C.O. with his Natal Volunteers staff, Ladysmith Siege
(Incidentally, an excellent, clear photograph of the uniforms worn. They didn't always
appear as pristine as those above.)

Ladysmith during the Siege: Lombards Kop at right,
Gun Hill back centre


Pakenham in his history of the Boer War described
Ladysmith as 'a hot, dusty, disease ridden little town.'
He was right about the dust,  everybody complained of it,
and diseases such as typhoid became rife as the siege continued.