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Frederick Selous

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Frederick Courteney Selous DSO (31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. [1]

91 relations: Adansonia digitata, Allan Quatermain, Arthur Henry Neumann, Back Award, Battle of Behobeho, Battle of Bukoba, British diaspora in Africa, British South Africa Company Medal, Bruce Castle School, Bulawayo, Bushtick Mine, Chinhoyi, Chinhoyi Caves, Colonial history of Southern Rhodesia, Company rule in Rhodesia, Double Terai, Down Hatherley, Edmund Selous, Edward Lyon Berthon, Ellis Stanley Joseph, Esigodini, European exploration of Africa, First Matabele War, Francis Harold Watson, Frederick Russell Burnham, Gold Medal (RGS), Gropecunt Lane, H. Rider Haggard, Henry Courtney Selous, Holland & Holland, Hunting in Romania, Jameson Raid, January 1917, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, John Guille Millais, John Rigby & Company, King Solomon's Mines, Kingsley Holgate, Leander Starr Jameson, List of 20th-century outdoor proponents and outdoor educators, List of big-game hunters, List of eponymous roads in London, List of explorers, List of Old Rugbeians, List of people on the postage stamps of Zimbabwe, List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1890–94), Military history of Zimbabwe, Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe, Mount Hampden, Mr American, ..., Northern Ndebele people, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Percy Molteno, Physical comparison of tigers and lions, Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, Pioneer Column, Pirbright, Rhodesia Regiment, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Royal Geographical Society, Rudd Concession, Russell E. Train, Savile Club, Scramble for Africa, Sebakwe River, Second Matabele War, Selous, Selous Game Reserve, Selous Scouts, Selous, Zimbabwe, Shikar Club, Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition, Southeast Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Stairs Expedition to Katanga, Talbot Mundy, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Theodore Roosevelt, Tuli, Zimbabwe, White hunter, William Terriss, Worplesdon, Zebra, .450 Black Powder Express, .461 Gibbs, 1890s in Zimbabwe, 1917, 19th century, 25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, 4 bore, 6 bore. Expand index (41 more) »

Adansonia digitata

Adansonia digitata, the baobab, is the most widespread of the Adansonia species, and is native to the African continent.

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Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its sequels.

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Arthur Henry Neumann

Arthur Henry Neumann (12 June 1850 – 29 May 1907) was an English explorer, hunter, soldier, farmer and travel writer, famous for his exploits in Equatorial East Africa.

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Back Award

The Back Award, also referred to as the Back Grant, was first given by the Royal Geographical Society in 1882 for "applied or scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy" It is named after the notable Arctic explorer Admiral Sir George Back.

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Battle of Behobeho

The Battle of Behobeho was fought during the East African Campaign of World War I.

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Battle of Bukoba

The Battle of Bukoba was the first victory for Entente forces in German East Africa, coming after the disastrous battles of Tanga and Jassin.

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British diaspora in Africa

The British diaspora in Africa is a population group broadly defined as English-speaking white Africans of mainly (but not only) British descent who live in or come from Sub-Saharan Africa.

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British South Africa Company Medal

The British South Africa Company Medal (1890–97).

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Bruce Castle School

Bruce Castle School, at Bruce Castle, Tottenham, was a progressive school for boys established in 1827 as an extension of Rowland Hill's Hazelwood School at Edgbaston.

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Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second-largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with, as of the ever disputed 2012 census, a population of 653,337 while Bulawayo Municipal records indicate a population of 1,200,750.

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Bushtick Mine

Bushtick Mine was a gold mining operation established in the 1920s and operative through early 1950s in Matabeleland in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

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Chinhoyi

Chinhoyi, known until 1982 as Sinoia, is a town in Zimbabwe.

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Chinhoyi Caves

The Chinhoyi Caves (previously the Sinoia Caves) are a group of limestone and dolomite caves in north central Zimbabwe.

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Colonial history of Southern Rhodesia

The territory of 'Southern Rhodesia' was originally referred to as 'South Zambezia' but the name 'Rhodesia' came into use in 1895.

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Company rule in Rhodesia

The British South Africa Company's administration of what became Rhodesia was chartered in 1889 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and began with the Pioneer Column's march north-east to Mashonaland in 1890.

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Double Terai

The Terai hat is a version of the slouch hat worn by Gurkhas and named after the Terai region in Nepal.

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Down Hatherley

Down Hatherley is a civil parish and village in Tewkesbury (borough) between Cheltenham and Gloucester, Gloucestershire.

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Edmund Selous

Edmund Selous (14 August 1857 – 25 March 1934) was a British ornithologist and writer.

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Edward Lyon Berthon

Edward Lyon Berthon FRAS (20 February 1813 London – 27 October 1899) was an English inventor and clergyman.

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Ellis Stanley Joseph

Ellis Stanley Joseph (Ellis S. Joseph) was a collector and trader in wildlife in the early part of the 20th century.

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Esigodini

Esigodini (officially known as Essexvale until 1982) is a village in Zimbabwe in Matabeleland South province.

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European exploration of Africa

The geography of North Africa has been reasonably well known among Europeans since classical antiquity in Greco-Roman geography.

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First Matabele War

The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe.

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Francis Harold Watson

Francis Harold Watson aka Frank 'Zambezi' Watson (1854–1905) was an English traveller, hunter and trader.

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Frederick Russell Burnham

Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer.

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Gold Medal (RGS)

The Gold Medal presented by the Royal Geographical Society consists of two separate awards: the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838.

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Gropecunt Lane

Gropecunt Lane was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it.

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H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.

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Henry Courtney Selous

Henry Courtney Selous (b.Panton Street, Haymarket, London 1803; d.Beaworthy, Devon, 24 September 1890) was an English painter, illustrator and lithographer.

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Holland & Holland

Holland & Holland is a British gun-maker based in London, England which offers handmade sporting rifles and shotguns.

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Hunting in Romania

Romania has a long history of hunting and remains a remarkable hunting destination, drawing many hunters because of its large numbers of brown bears, wolves, wild boars, red deer, and chamois.

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Jameson Raid

The Jameson Raid (29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops ("police" in the employ of Beit and Rhodes' British South Africa Company) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96.

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January 1917

The following events occurred in January 1917.

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John Battersby Crompton Lamburn

John Battersby Crompton Lamburn (1893 – 1972) was a British writer, younger brother of Richmal Crompton, who was best known for her "William" books for boys.

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John Guille Millais

John Guille "Johnny" Millais (24 March 1865 – 24 March 1931) was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture.

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John Rigby & Company

John Rigby & Company (or John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd) is a gunmaking firm founded by John Rigby in 1775 in Dublin.

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King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard.

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Kingsley Holgate

Kingsley Holgate (born 28 February 1946 in Natal) is a South African explorer, humanitarian and author.

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Leander Starr Jameson

Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, (9 February 1853 – 26 November 1917), also known as "Doctor Jim", "The Doctor" or "Lanner", was a British colonial politician who was best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid.

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List of 20th-century outdoor proponents and outdoor educators

This is a list of prominent 20th-century wilderness explorers, naturalists, survival instructors, and exponents of outdoor education, adventure education, adventure therapy, wilderness therapy, etc.

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List of big-game hunters

This is a list of famous big-game hunters who gained fame largely or solely because of their big-game hunting exploits.

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List of eponymous roads in London

The following is a partial list of eponymous roads in London – that is, roads named after people – with notes on the link between the road and the person.

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List of explorers

The following is a list of explorers.

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List of Old Rugbeians

This is a List of Old Rugbeians, they being notable former students – known as "Old Rugbeians" of the Church of England school, Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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List of people on the postage stamps of Zimbabwe

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Zimbabwe.

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List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1890–94)

>> List of ''Vanity Fair'' caricatures (1895-99) The following is from a list of caricatures published 1890–94 by the British magazine Vanity Fair (1868–1914).

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Military history of Zimbabwe

The military history of Zimbabwe chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time.

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Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe

Mount Darwin is a town in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe.

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Mount Hampden

Mount Hampden is a village in Mashonaland East province in Zimbabwe.

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Mr American

Mr American is a 1980 novel by George MacDonald Fraser who described it as longer and more "conventional" than his usual work.

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Northern Ndebele people

The Northern Ndebele people (amaNdebele) are a Bantu nation and ethnic group in Southern Africa, who share a common Ndebele culture and Ndebele language.

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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 – 9 March 1964), nicknamed affectionately as the Lion of Africa (Löwe von Afrika), was a general in the Prussian Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign.

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Percy Molteno

Percy Alport Molteno (12 September 1861 – 19 September 1937) was a Cape Colony-born lawyer, director of companies, politician and philanthropist who served as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1906 to 1918.

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Physical comparison of tigers and lions

When discussing fights between lions and tigers, a physical comparison of them is often made.

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Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl

Major Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl MC (21 February 1889 – 21 January 1975) was a South African soldier and statesman.

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Pioneer Column

The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and used in his efforts to annexe the territory of Mashonaland, later part of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

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Pirbright

Pirbright is a village in Surrey, England.

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Rhodesia Regiment

The Rhodesia Regiment (RR) was one of the oldest and largest regiments in the Rhodesian Army.

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Rhodesian Ridgeback

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog breed developed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

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Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences.

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Rudd Concession

The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888.

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Russell E. Train

Russell Errol Train (June 4, 1920 – September 17, 2012) was the second administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from September 1973 to January 1977 and the founder chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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Savile Club

The Savile Club is a traditional London gentlemen's club founded in 1868.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

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Sebakwe River

Sebakwe River or Zibagwe River is a river in Zimbabwe.

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Second Matabele War

The Second Matabele War, also known as the Matabeleland Rebellion or part of what is known in Zimbabwe as the First Chimurenga, was fought between 1896 and 1897 in the area then known as Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

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Selous

Selous is the Anglicised form of the Dutch name Slous.

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Selous Game Reserve

The Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest faunal reserves of the world, located in the south of Tanzania.

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Selous Scouts

The Selous Scouts was a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army that operated from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980.

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Selous, Zimbabwe

Selous is a village in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe.

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Shikar Club

The Shikar ClubThe name of the Shikar Club comes from the Hindi word for hunting reflecting the early link with hunting in the Indian sub-continent.

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Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition

The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by outgoing American president Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution.

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Southeast Africa

Southeast Africa or Southeastern Africa is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa and Southern Africa.

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Southern Rhodesia

The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.

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Stairs Expedition to Katanga

The Stairs Expedition to Katanga of 1891−92 led by Captain William Stairs was the winner in a race between two imperial powers to claim Katanga, a vast mineral-rich territory in Central Africa for colonization, during which a local chief, (Mwenda Msiri) was killed.

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Talbot Mundy

Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction.

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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Tuli, Zimbabwe

Tuli is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.

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White hunter

White hunter is a literary term used for professional big game hunters of European or North American backgrounds who plied their trade in Africa, especially during the first half of the 20th century.

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William Terriss

William Terriss (20 February 1847 – 16 December 1897), born as William Charles James Lewin, was an English actor, known for his swashbuckling hero roles, such as Robin Hood, as well as parts in classic dramas and comedies.

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Worplesdon

Worplesdon is a village NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large, quite dispersed civil parish that has the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry Hill), Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Rydeshill and Wood Street Village, all various sized smaller settlements, well-connected by footpaths and local roads.

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Zebra

Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white striped coats.

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.450 Black Powder Express

The.450 Black Powder Express also known as the.450 3¼-inch BPE was a popular black powder cartridge in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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.461 Gibbs

The.461 No 1 Gibbs and the.461 No 2 Gibbs are two obsolete proprietary rifle cartridges developed in 19th century Britain.

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1890s in Zimbabwe

See also: 1880s in Zimbabwe, 1900 in Zimbabwe and Years in Zimbabwe.

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1917

This year was famous for the October Revolution in Russia, by Vladimir Lenin.

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19th century

The 19th century was a century that began on January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31, 1900.

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25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

The 25th (Frontiersmen) Service Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a British Army unit that served during World War I. It was raised by the Legion of Frontiersmen.

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4 bore

Four bore or 4 bore is an almost obsolete black powder caliber of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals.

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6 bore

The 6 bore, also known as the 6 gauge, is an obsolete caliber that was used commonly in 19th-century black-powder firearms.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous

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