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Southern Rhodesia Volunteers
Active1898 - 1920
Country
  • Company rule in Rhodesia
Nickname(s)SRV
EngagementsBoer War
  • Siege of Mafeking
  • Siege of Elands River

The Southern Rhodesia Volunteers was an army regiment active from 1898 to 1920 during the time of the British South Africa Company's rule over Rhodesia.[1]

  1. ^ "South Africa – Southern Rhodesian Volunteers – Rhodesian Study Circle". 6 September 2017.

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