On Active Service with the Northumberland and Durham Yeomen, under Lord Methuen. South Africa, 1900-1901

'A record of the marching and fighting of the 14th and 15th Squadrons of Yeomanry in the South African War, the book being "almost an exact copy" of the author's diary. Mr. Spurgin, who enlisted as a trooper and eventually rose to the rank of sergeant, "enjoyed exceptional opportunities of collecting information about the Boer War," and the volume affords an account "of the noble and patriotic exertions and self-sacrifice of the stalwart men of Northumberland and Durham." '  (Mendelssohn page 418)

Green cloth, gold titles with gold embossed illustration of a trooper on horse and the crest of the 5th Imperial Yeomanry on front cover. xx + 323 pages. Fifteen full-page illustrations. Frontispiece of Colonel Meyrick.  Bookpalte of previous owner in front.

Sale condition: Only 13 of the 15 plate illustrations present, two missing.