
British South Africa Company Police (Rhodesia)
History of the BSAP from 1903 – 1923
The BSAP evolved from a militarised frontier force into a structured colonial constabulary, later earning distinction for its arduous East Africa war service.
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The BSAP evolved from a militarised frontier force into a structured colonial constabulary, later earning distinction for its arduous East Africa war service.

By August 1900, ten months after the outbreak of hostilities between British forces and those of the Transvaal and Orange Free State Boer republics in South Africa, Her Majesty’s troops were starting to gain the ascendency across the subcon