Marshall's Horse

Marshall's Horse was a South African cavalry unit raised in 1899 at the start of the Second Boer War, to support the British campaign. The Unit was created from the Uitenhage and Grahamstown Volunteers. They first formed up in Grahamstown in 1899 when they were 244 strong. On 17 October 1900, as part of Major General Barton's column, six members of Marshall's Horse were cut off by Boers whilst collecting supplies near Frederickstad. By June 1901 their number had reduced to 120. On 30 October 1902 they were absorbed into the Cape Police.

The Commanding Officer was Major George Marshall.

Second Boer War

Members of Marshall's Horse may have been involved in the Relief of Mafeking against the Boer's Siege of Mafeking as well as the Battle of Elandslaagte. They were involved in combat at Thaba Nchu under General Ian Hamilton an event related in Winston Churchill's Ian Hamilton's March. They also fought at Israel's Poort on 25 April 1900. Captain Gethin (pictured above) was killed that day. Marshall himself was wounded. Lord Roberts mentioned their performance in dispatches.