Lord Strathcona’s Horse or the Canadian Rough Riders

    When it was obvious the war was not going to be over by Christmas 1899, the call went out to the Colonial powers for help.   Australians, New Zealanders, and Canadians volunteering to come and fight the Boers. Lord Strathcona, offered to privately fund 500 odd men and officers, (known as ‘Rough Riders’) horses,

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