Strathcona's

Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew took his 75-strong squadron of Strathcona's Horse round the northern tip, only to gallop up out of a hollow and be confronted by two rows of machine guns.

Charging machine guns with horses 2008

As a subaltern in 1934, I remember wakening a hard-worked Captain of Lord Strathcona's Horse one Sunday morning at a pretty early hour -- I think it was six o'clock -- after what had been a hard night for both of us and asking him if he would please give me some special instruction in map reading.

Myths and Mysteries of Bay Street 1966

I have mentioned certain circumstances which set Strathcona's Horse more in the public eye than the Canadian Mounted Rifles, in which the majority of the North-West Mounted Police served, but the latter took a part in the war which involved much hard fighting, and did much to enhance the prestige of Canadian soldiers, whose service abroad up to that time had not been in military units.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Rifles, Strathcona's Horse, South African Constabulary, and other corps.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Strathcona's Horse, as lieutenant, in November last.

A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross

Strathcona's Horse were: Superintendent S.B. Steele (in command),

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st, 2nd and 5th, had some 220 officers and men of the Mounted Police, while Strathcona's Horse had only some forty or so, though the rest were men accustomed to the kind of irregular warfare they found on the veld.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Constabulary was formed, Steele, of the Strathcona's, was appointed its

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Strathcona's Horse took part in many major engagements, did much scout and patrol work, and one of the Mounted

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

The fact that Strathcona's Horse was raised, equipped and wholly paid for out of the private purse of Lord

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth