Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Field Hospital, Charleston [South Africa]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been injured while playing polo; describes his journey in a Swiss red cross ambulance; and says that he would like to return home although he will wait until the regiment is disbanded as that would be "the right thing to do".

Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Beyond Lydenburg [South Africa]) to WSC including: his injury while playing polo; meetings with [1st] Lord Roberts and with a civilian who had helped WSC escape; the death of [Albert] Savory; his opinion of [Redvers] Buller; fighting and losses sustained by the "R[ifle] B[rigade]'s"; a horseback charge against the Boers in which he participated; his hopes to return home and the high opinion of WSC among the headquarters staff.

Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Lydenburg [South Africa]) to WSC including: his regiment's action and losses sustained; the intention to keep the Boers in the "fever district"; lack of provisions; his intention to return home; dissatisfaction between the Natal army and the "other side". In a postscript he asks him to write to Isabel Savory concerning the death of [Albert] Savory. Two typed transcriptions of the letter at end of file.

Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Helvetia, Second Cavalry Brigade [South Africa]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: [1st] Lord Roberts' kindness towards him; a meeting with a man who helped WSC escape; the fighting which he had witnessed; the terrible sight of the wounded and the dead and his hopes that the war is almost at an end. Four typed copies of the letter at end of file.

Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Lydenburg [South Africa]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the lack of opposition by the Boers to a march which his regiment conducted; an attack on the camp by Boer forces; the imminent disbanding of the regiment; his hopes to come home and relief that he remained "to the end" and his poor physical condition. Two typed copies of the letter at end of file.

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.

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.

Letter from General Sir William Nicholson [later Lord Nicholson], War Office, to WSC, apologies for referring request for information on the South African War to the Secretary of State [St John Brodrick],"who does not like independent MP's to be better informed than himself.

Letter from Lord Rosebery to WSC, asking for information on the South African War.

Letter from the 8th Duke of Marlborough, Colonial Office, to WSC, on postponement of Boer War compensation payments.

Letter from R. Malcolm, R. Sutherland, F.W. Cooper and J. Nelson to WSC, on complaining about the postponement of Boer War compensation payments to British subjects "our late enemy have been paid in full, so have the coolies and Kaffiers, why not us Britishers?".

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.

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.

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.

Photograph of the hospital ship Maine in harbour at Durban, South Africa.

Photograph of the wounded officers on board the hospital ship Maine including John S Churchill. Annotated with the names of the officers and their regiments.

Photograph of the hospital ship Maine with other boats.

Photograph of the hospital ship Maine and several other boats.

Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Mar Lodge, Braemar [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for copying out a letter by WSC about his escape [from the Boers] which he describes as "most interesting" and says that he hopes that her ankle is better. Envelope present.

Letter from James Meek (Kroonstad O R C, South Africa) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he congratulates her on receiving the Royal Red Cross, says that he is glad that the hospital ship Maine was mentioned by [1st] Lord Roberts in his despatch and that he hopes to be mentioned by Lord Kitchener, and that he would like to come and collect his medal from her.

Telegram from Consuelo [Duchess of Marlborough, later Consuelo Balsan](Woodstock [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill wishing her success [with the hospital ship Maine] and a happy new year and expressing pleasure at the news of WSC's [escape from the Boers].