20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 kneeling was a deliberate tactical

kneeling was a deliberate tactical position used to improve firing stability

This type of drill was central to line infantry warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries

Around 150 British defenders held the mission station against several thousand Zulu warriors

including the Anglo-Zulu War

The 24th Regiment of Foot was a long-serving British line infantry unit that fought across many imperial campaigns

20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 kneeling was a deliberate tacticalA British line infantry soldier of the 24th Regiment of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers) performing a standard musket loading drill in the standing position, likely as part of a numbered sequence of infantry firing steps used in training or battlefield re enactment. The 24th Regiment of Foot was a historic line infantry unit that served across the British Empire, including major colonial campaigns in southern Africa. In the era of smoothbore and