Regimental Sergeant-Major of the Gold Coast Regiment, 1938 (colour litho)

depicted in front of Christiansborg Castle, Accra; unit of the Royal West African Frontier Force; served in the Ashanti Wars of 1873-74 and 1900, and during the Great War of 1914-18 in Togoland, the Cameroons and East Africa; carries a regimental motto of 'Kullum Shiri' in the Hausa language, meaning 'Always Ready'; Christiansborg Castle (also known as Osu Castle) was named after the Danish King Christian V (1646-99) and used mainly by the occupying colonial power, Denmark to contain slaves; after the British bought the Danish Gold Coast possessions in 1850, used as Government House until the Independence of Ghana in 1957 and is now the residence of the President of Ghana; illustration from 'Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas'; No.43 in a series of cigarette cards by John Player & Sons;