Protectorate Regiment
The Protectorate Regiment was a unit of the British Army that was raised for the Second Boer War. It was raised on 15 August 1899 in Cape Town and Mafeking, [South Africa|Mafeking] and was disbanded in Cape Town during October 1900. Three members of the unit, Charles FitzClarence, Horace Martineau and Horace [Edward Ramsden|Horace Ramsden] were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallant acts during the war.