UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879
Weatherleys Border Horse
Lieutenant-colonel weatherley was another individual who raised his own unit for the war. He was Canadian but had a long history of colonial warfare in India and had been at the charge of the the light brigade at Balaclava. The Border Lancers were recruited in Pretoria but did not carry lancers. The name came from the mercenary term of freelance. They were a small irregular cavalry force attached vto Woods coloumn. They suffered terrible casualties at the battle of Hlobane with 44 out of 53 being killed including Weatherley. He had cut through the Zulu lines but turned back to rescue his 14 year old son. The pair died together after being incircled. There are no photos of the unit but they had white helmets and blue jumpers which may have been replaced with corduroy.
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