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Ammunition mules of the 4th Mountain Battery, on top of Zwartz Kop, February 1900. Photograph by J.E. Middlebrook, Durban.



"The Burden Bearers of the Mountain Battery - on top of Zwart Kop, Natal".


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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (2) Natal, Transvaal (8095 Cpl.: R. Markwick, 10th. M.B., R.G.A.) rank officially corrected;
KSA (2) (8095 Corpl: R. Markwick. R.G.A.)

Richard Markwick was born in Hove in 1877. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Brighton on 24 January 1895, noting previous service with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, and went on to witness extensive overseas service in Malta, Crete and South Africa; his Army Service Record adds ‘occupation of Crete ‘97’, and confirms his discharge on 23 January 1907.