Frere (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Grave of those killed in the armoured train disaster, 15/11/99, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305H/3
Scope and Contents
118 x 95 mm. Showing a group of soldiers and civilians standing around the grave of the men killed in the Boer attack on an armoured train near Frere. The print is numbered '8506'.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Station master's house, Frere. Gen Bullers first headquarters, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305H/2
Scope and Contents
119 x 94 mm. Showing the station master's cottage standing on a small rise, with railway goods trucks in the foreground. General Sir Redvers Buller was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, but was superceded by Lord Roberts after defeats at Colonso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrans. The print is numbered '8509'.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).