Private Sydney Harris (sitting) and fellow Troopers of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) during the annual camp of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing different styles of unofficial Undress uniform headdress and Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier circa 1905. Private Harris and the Trooper on the far right are wearing a distinctive New Zealand ‘Lemon-Squeezer’ headdress and the Trooper second from right is wearing his Full Dress Sombrero hat with the brim turned up to one side and without the plume of cock’s feathers (Courtesy of Carole McEntee-Taylor. From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris. London: Pen and Sword, 2015).

Private Sydney Harris (sitting) and fellow Troopers of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) during the annual camp of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing different styles of unofficial Undress uniform headdress and Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier circa 1905. Private Harris and the Trooper on the far right are wearing a distinctive New Zealand ‘Lemon-Squeezer’ headdress and the Trooper second from right is wearing his Full Dress Sombrero hat with the brim turned up to one side and without the plume of cock’s feathers (Courtesy of Carole McEntee-Taylor. From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris. London: Pen and Sword, 2015).
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