[GriffMJ]

Rare images of the second Leics. Yeo. contingent to South Africa..... 65th (Leics Yeo) Squadron men, 17th Btn IY, and also the following from 11991 Tpr. Sharrad Gilbert on the 65th's Cap Badge:-

"Each man bore in his hat a spray of the Lilly of the Valley -the emblem of Leicester - presented to him by the Mayoress of the City. The badge worn by the Squadron was brass numerals 6 and 5 on a blue and cerise rosette."

So blue being the outer colour on the rosette. The Lilly of the Valley being the Leicester emblem is a reference to the Coat Of Arms of the City, this being the Arms of De Montfort .... a Cinquefoil, ermine on a Gules field. The white flower of the Lilly is a white Cinquefoil.

* 12006 Tpr. C H Stevenson (left), died of enteric fever on July 20th 1901 in England.
* The photo (middle) is a very rare image of the 65th in South Africa entering BEIRA.
* The image (right) is a spray of Lilly of the Valley