Boer War (1899-1902)
Found in 373 Collections and/or Records:
"The wreck of the armoured train, November 1899", 1899-11 - 1900-01
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.
"The wreck of the armoured train, November 1899", 1899-11 - 1900-01
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.
"The Years before the Raid", 1899-12
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.
"The Years before the Raid": correspondence, 1899-12 - 1900-01
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.
"To Winston Spencer Churchill (30 Nov 1874) with Salaams from W.S.Carr (30 Nov 1881)"
South African photographs.
(Untitled), 30 Oct 1910
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.
(Untitled), 12 Jan 1900
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1900
(Untitled), 01 May 1900
Letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses an imminent attack on Brandfort and speculates on the [Boer] War, gives news of [Charles, 9th Duke of] Marlborough, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne] and Victor [2nd Lord Lytton], and recommends that Jack reads his accounts in the Morning Post. Signed typescript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152B/182-185.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses an imminent attack on Brandfort and speculates on the [Boer] War, gives news of [Charles, 9th Duke of] Marlborough, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne] and Victor [2nd Lord Lytton], and recommends that Jack reads his accounts in the Morning Post. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152B/181.
(Untitled), 17 Jun 1900
Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: the news that he plans to go home "after an interesting and exciting march" with General [Sir Ian] Hamilton; news of Hugo [Baring] and of the death of the son of [3rd Lord] Chesham; advice to leave the South African Light Horse and "come home to the quills of the city and the arms of the ladies". Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to the [2nd] Duke of Westminster warning him of the inadvisability of suggesting that the war was being fought for the benefit of Jews and international financiers, as had been inferred from a memorandum; drawing comparisons with Dr Gavin Clark MP in the Boer War.
(Untitled), Nov 1897
Article, Our Account with the Boers, [typescript (carbon copy), with manuscript amendments by ? WSC].
(Untitled), [c 1900]
Article on the Boer War, [typescript (carbon copy)].
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1900
The Mountings of the Naval Guns and their Subsequent Use by the Ladysmith Relief Column, text of lecture by Captain Percy Scott and Captain Arthur Limpus, delivered in Hong Kong, printed pamphlet published by the Hong Kong Daily Press [inscribed to WSC by Percy Scott].
(Untitled), Mar 1900
Printed maps of the Boer positions at Spion Kop [South Africa] with annotations, and first edition map of Harrismith.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1899
Report from Captain Aylmer Haldane, Pretoria, South Africa to the Chief of Staff, Natal Field Force, on the capture of an armoured train at Frere, including praise of WSC's actions in saving the engine "he was frequently exposed to the full fire of the enemy. I cannot speak too highly of his gallant conduct".
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1899
Extract from report of D Horsley, Locomotive Instructor, on damage to the armoured train, [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1899
Letter from J W Shores, Engineer-in-Chief, Estcourt, to General Manager of Railways, on the capture of the armoured train, [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1899
Note in Afrikaans on the capture of the armoured train.
(Untitled), 28 Nov 1899
Letter from P J Joubert to F W Reitz, advising against WSC's release from captivity, [in Afrikaans].
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1899
Search Warrant following WSC's escape from the Boers, with photograph taken in Egypt, 1898 [in Afrikaans, with translation].
(Untitled), 15 Dec 1899
Description of WSC, following his escape from the Boers [in Afrikaans].
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1899
Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC with photograph [in Afrikaans, with translation].