Photographs for [?] the official biography: Boer War, 1899, 1952 - 1965

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/1/34

Scope and Contents

Original and modern prints, including: a group of war correspondents, including WSC, with [?] Rudyard Kipling and Abe Bailey, on board RMS Dunnotar Castle [? on the voyage to South Africa]; WSC in the uniform of the South African Light Horse [see also BRDW 1 Photo 1/19 and 1 Photo 2/22]; the gun "Lady Randolph Churchill"; a tablet marking the spot where the armoured train was derailed; WSC with other prisoners in Pretoria [see also BRDW 1 Photo 2/13]; WSC speaking to a crowd in Durban after his escape, and holding his hat [see also BRDW 1 Photo 1/20]; WSC on a pony in front of the wreck of the armoured train [see also CHPH 1B/8 and BRDW 1 Photo 2/24; the wreck of Frere Bridge.

Dates

Creation: 1899
Creation: 1952 - 1965

Creator

From the Fonds: Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer, 1911 - 1968 (politician, author) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.