5928780 Swagger stick, Royal Northern Reserve Regiment, 1900-1901 (swagger stick) by British School, (20th century) ; National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Swagger stick, Royal Northern Reserve Regiment, 1900-1901. Wood with metal terminal inscribed with regimental badge and title. The Royal Reserve Regiments, established by order from Queen Victoria in 1900, recruited from a very specific pool of personnel consisting of time expired warrant officers, non- commission officers and other ranks, aged between 21 and 45. The units were formed to relieve the pressures on manpower within the Army caused by the Boer War (1899-1902). Recruits were required to enlist for one year\'s service and received a bounty of 拢22.00, the equivalent of 拢2570.65 in 2017. Unsurprisingly there were lots of veterans keen to sign up. By 1901, there were 17?battalions?of infantry across ten Royal Reserve Regiments. The Royal Reserve Regiments fulfilled a mainly ceremonial?role. For example, they provided the guard for?Osborne?House, the royal residence on the Isle of Wight. On 2 February 1901 personnel from the regiments helped line the route of the funeral procession of Queen Victoria. With the war in South Africa drawing to a close there was often not enough work to go around for the 29,000 personnel and so the Royal Reserve Regiments were disbanded in 1901.); by National Army Museum .