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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

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QSA (1) Cape Colony (Col. A. K. Wyllie, W. Riding Regt.) officially impressed naming;
KSA (2) (Col. A. K. Wyllie, C.B. W. Rid. Rgt.)

Colonel Wyllie commanded 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment during embodiment, in South Africa 1900-1902. He was Commandant at Simon's Town from July 1900 to January 1901; at Wynberg from January to March 1901, and was also Commandant of a Prisoner of War Camp for a short period in 1900. He was mentioned in despatches 29 November 1900, and created CB.

He was appointed Hon. Colonel of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 and was Chairman RSPCA from 1926 until his death in 1928.