The picture is of the unveiling of the Haverfordwest Boer War Memorial, in England, on October 21, 1904. The connection is a man called Lieut Ronald Robert Lambton of the 1st Batt. Durham Light Infantry who is one of the soldiers that the memorial remembers. He died of wounds received on September 17, 1901, while serving near Vryheid with Major Gough’s Column. He came to South Africa with his battalion in October 1899, was present at the battle of Colenso, and in the operations on the Tugela and was severely wounded in the engagement at Vaal Kranz. He also took part in the advance through Northern Natal into the Transvaal. Lieut Lambton was mentioned in despatches by Gen. Lord Kitchener, December 8, 1901, for his “most gallant conduct in trying to repulse the Boer attack.” He is buried at Vryheid. That’s the connection.
-Pic: https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Pembrokeshire/HaverfordwestBoer.html
