Spion Kop - South Africa, 24th January 1900 by Jason Askew. (AP) SQN40 Holding the Line by David

Holding the Line by David Pentland

Original Antique military plate from the Panorama series circa 1886

610 Squadron operated from Biggin Hill

then turned for home

Spion Kop - South Africa, 24th January 1900 by Jason Askew. (AP) SQN40 Holding the Line by DavidDHM1507AP. Spion Kop South Africa, 24th January 1900 by Jason Askew. I am the commander here, take your men back to hell, sir! I allow no surrenders : Lt Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft, of the Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex regiment. They then charged Boer skirmishers in support of the beleaguered Lancashire Fusiliers on the summit of Spion Kop, at 13. 00 on the 24th January 1900. Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.