Word: troopers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Esme, aged 60, has held a number of diplomatic, consular and political posts, among which was that of Councillor of Embassy in Washington from 1906 to 1908. When the South African War broke out, he joined the Yeomanry as a trooper and received the Queen's medal and four clasps...
Prince Henry, third son of the King, was thrown from a restive horse at Aldershot and suffered a broken ankle. The Prince went to the aid of a recruit who was having some difficulty with his horse. Mounting in place of the trooper the Prince was getting the animal fairly in hand when it threw him and rolled on him. Thus is the reputation of the House of Windsor well sustained, the King, Wales and Henry all having been thrown at one time or another -Wales leading, of course. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert is the fourth child...