Thomas Kelly-Kenny — '6th Division'

Leslie Ward ('Spy') presents General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, commander of the 6th Division during the Second Boer War, in the ruddy-cheeked, side-whiskered style he reserved for senior military men. Kelly-Kenny wears a tweed Norfolk jacket over breeches and riding boots, holds a bowler and a crop — country-gentleman dress rather than full uniform, a deliberate editorial choice implying a soldier at ease after campaign. The caption '6th Division' anchors him to his South African command, where he trapped Cronjé's force at Paardeberg in February 1900, though Kitchener controversially overrode his tactical judgment. No ethnic caricature is present; Ward's distortion is mild, concentrating satirical weight in the jutting jaw and self-satisfied posture of an Establishment general secure in his honours.