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Boer War (1899-1902)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:

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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence Sa - St., 17 Feb 1949 - 05 Apr 1955

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/208
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne] on WSC's party political broadcast (22 December 1951); 1st Lord Samuel (2); Samuel Hammersley; Thomas Driberg [later Lord Bradwell] on a proposed broadcast debate between WSC and Herbert Morrison [Deputy Prime Minister]; Michael Foot on the proposed debate; Donald Murray, Foreign Office; "Pepe", Duke de San Lucar la Mayor; Sir John Dalton on the Savage Club; Sir Douglas Savory on forecasts of the 2nd World War;...
Dates: 17 Feb 1949 - 05 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: various papers. [most date from 1943]., Jan 1939 - Dec 1943

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/462
Scope and Contents Includes: cutting from the Daily Telegraph on a broadcast by President [Franklin] Roosevelt on ?13 February 1943 on matters including the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers and the situation in North Africa; list of members of the Other Club; copies of poem by [Arthur] Weber-Brown on WSC and Roosevelt; extract from a lecture given by WSC to the Royal United Services Institution on 17 April 1901 on the war in South Africa; cutting from the St Louis Post-Dispatch [United States] on the...
Dates: Jan 1939 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Australia, Denmark, Portugal, South Africa: invitations and proposed visits., 18 Apr 1946 - 08 Nov 1950

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/250
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Norman Brookes, President, Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, inviting WSC to visit Australia; Norman Martin, Agent-General for Victoria, Australia, on the Australian Government's invitation to WSC; Kenneth Sandford on a proposed lecture tour by WSC in Australia and New Zealand (2); Count Edward Reventlow [Danish Minister in Britain] on an invitation for WSC to visit Denmark; 5th Duke of Palmella [Portuguese Ambassador to Britain] on a proposed visit to...
Dates: 18 Apr 1946 - 08 Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) E - G., May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/226
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit include: General Ira Eaker, Deputy Commander, United States Army Air Forces (2); Dwight Eisenhower on subjects including the death of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt], and histories of the Second World War (5); Harry Butcher, former naval aide to Eisenhower, on publishing his diaries; J C Thomson [British Consul, Miami] (3); Sir Francis Evans [British Consul-General, New York]; Clarence Streit, President, Federal Union; Millard...
Dates: May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 1898 - 1906

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW VII 1
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Photograph album kept by Major John S Churchill, relating to his service in the Oxfordshire Hussars, and also the South African Light Horse during the Boer War. Includes photographs of the armoured train ambushed by Boers in November 1899, where Winston Churchill was captured, and the Hospital Ship Maine, managed by Lady Randolph Churchill [earlier Jennie Jerome]. Also includes assorted memorabilia, telegrams etc, and some loose items.

Dates: 1898 - 1906
Conditions Governing Access: Unfit for production.
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South Africa, 1899-04 - 1900-11-17

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 2 A
Scope and Contents

Cuttings of war correspondence about WSC’s capture in South Africa by Boers and escape during Boer War; illustrations, cartoons and photos of WSC’s reception in Durban.

Dates: 1899-04 - 1900-11-17
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Accessible on microfilm.
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South Africa /Boer War photographs, 1899 - 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/1/1
Scope and Contents

Also includes some documents

Dates: 1899 - 1900
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.
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South African Articles, 1899-09 - 1900-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/12
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Press-cuttings of articles by LSA for the Times on the South African War.

Dates: 1899-09 - 1900-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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South African Articles, 1900-02 - 1900-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/13
Scope and Contents

Press-cuttings of articles by LSA for the Times on the South African War.

Dates: 1900-02 - 1900-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"South African Light Horse", 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/19
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Head and shoulders portrait photograph of WSC with moustache wearing uniform and hat.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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Speeches, 1901-02-18 - 1903-02-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 5
Scope and Contents

Cuttings of WSC’s speeches on Boer War, Education, Budget, Trade Unions.

Dates: 1901-02-18 - 1903-02-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Accessible on microfilm.
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Speeches, 1901-04-30 - 1908-03-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 6
Scope and Contents

Cuttings of WSC’s speeches and letters to the press on Finance, Free Trade, Boer War, and Army Scheme, Aliens Bill.

Dates: 1901-04-30 - 1908-03-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Accessible on microfilm.
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Speeches: House of Commons., c 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/5
Scope and Contents

Notes and drafts for speech by WSC on The South African War Manuscript and typescript.

Dates: c 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: Typescripts Typescript copy of WSC's Maiden Speech, 18 Feb 1901, mainly on the South African War. [Typed on "G.R." headed notepaper, and therefore typed after 1910] Published Complete Speeches I, pp.65-70., 18 Feb 1901 - 13 May 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/2
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Typescript copy of WSC's speech on Mr Brodrick's scheme for Army Reform, 13 May 1901. [Typed on "G.R." headed notepaper, and therefore typed after 1910] Published Complete Speeches I, pp.76-86.

Dates: 18 Feb 1901 - 13 May 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons:., 26 Jul 1897 - 26 Jul 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/1
Scope and Contents Cutting from the Bath Daily Chronicle on speech by WSC at Primrose League Fete at Claverton Manor, Bath, 26 Jul 1897. [This was WSC's first political speech] Published: Complete Speeches I, pp.25-28.Printed pamphlet, published by Oldham Conservative Association, containing text of WSC's speech at the Empire Theatre, Oldham, 25 Jul 1900 on the South African War and his candidature Extract pub. Complete Speeches I, pp.53-54.Typescript copy of WSC's speech on the South African War at the...
Dates: 26 Jul 1897 - 26 Jul 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons., 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/6
Scope and Contents

Manuscript notes for speech in Oldham on the South African War Unpublished.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Summary of correspondence with Valentine Chirol, 1899-09 - 1900-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/5
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Transcripts summarising letters from LSA to Chirol [Director of the Foreign Department of the Times] on LSA's work as the Times war correspondent in South Africa, particularly his discussions with Sir Alfred Milner [British High Commissioner for South Africa] and on Cecil Rhodes.

Dates: 1899-09 - 1900-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The Problem of the Army" and army reform, 1881 - 1947-12

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/19
Scope and Contents Memoranda, notes and articles on War Office and army reform relating to LSA's series of articles for the Times, The Problem of the Army, including: account by LSA of writing the articles and his subsequent involvement in reform; extract from speech by Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts on improving the army (1881); notes on colonial forces, particularly in South Africa; annotated reprint of the articles; outline by 2nd Lord Esher [Chairman of the War Office Reconstitution Committee, earlier...
Dates: 1881 - 1947-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The wreck of the armoured train, November 1899", 1899-11 - 1900-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 2/23
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Photograph of the train line near Frere station, Natal [South Africa], where WSC was captured. White marks indicate the graves of 3 men killed in the affair and buried by the Boers. The wreck of the train is not actually shown.

Dates: 1899-11 - 1900-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"The wreck of the armoured train, November 1899", 1899-11 - 1900-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 2/24
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Photograph of WSC, facing the camera, astride a pony which is standing in profile with its head down. WSC is wearing the uniform of [?] a Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse, while another soldier stands at the pony's head. The wreck of the armoured train is clearly visible just behind WSC, with more soldiers standing behind it in the distance.

Dates: 1899-11 - 1900-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"The Years before the Raid", 1899-12

Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/76
Scope and Contents

Proof copies of JWHM's article on South Africa for the Quarterly Review, also including the draft typescript of an article on sources for South Africa and a list of JWHM's articles for the Quarterly Review.

Dates: 1899-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The Years before the Raid": correspondence, 1899-12 - 1900-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/77
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with George Prothero [Editor of the Quarterly Review] and 1st Lord Loch [former Governor of Cape and High Commissioner for South Africa] on corrections to JWHM's article on South Africa.

Dates: 1899-12 - 1900-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"To Winston Spencer Churchill (30 Nov 1874) with Salaams from W.S.Carr (30 Nov 1881)"

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 10
Scope and Contents

South African photographs.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/62-69
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Dates: 30 Oct 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/3/60
Scope and Contents Note from "C" [Lord Crewe, earlier Lord Houghton, also Robert Milnes, Secretary of State for the Colonies], on the notepaper of the First Lord of the Treasury, to [WSC] in response to WSC's request for particulars of two Natal men, saying that he does not think he can do anything at the Colonial Office.Reply from [WSC] in which he says that he had promised "the wounded driver of the armoured train" that he would be honoured, and that the driver had saved 65 men from captivity. [A reference...
Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.