GB 0099 KCLMA Lawson - LAWSON, Lt Col William Arnold Webster, 3rd Baron Burnham (1864-1943)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Lawson Created 1899-1902 Collection (fonds) 3 files

Born 1864; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into Yorks andLancashire Regt, 1884; transferred to 1 Bn, Scots Guards as Lt, 1884; Capt, 1897; retired to Reserve of Officers, 1899; raised 38 Company, Imperial Yeomanry, 1899; served in Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Commanding Officer 10 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry, South Africa, 1900-1901; awarded DSO, 1901; Maj, 1902; Hon Lt Col, 1903; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Railway Staff Officer, Paddington, London, 1914; raised 2/1 Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, 1914; Brevet Col, 1918; succeeded to Barony, 1933; died 1943.

Copies made by the Centre in 1988 from originals lent by the family.

Copies of papers relating to service in Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902, principally comprising letters to his family describing his service with 10 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-1901, notably action near Boshof, Orange Free State, in which Boer Gen Count de Villebois-Mareuil was killed, Apr 1900, and the failed attempt to rescue 13 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley, OrangeFree State, Jun 1900.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English; some Afrikaans

Summary guide entry on-line at http;//www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Apr 1999 Armed forces Boer Army Boshof British Army Colonial conflicts Colonial countries International conflicts International relations Lindley Mareuil , Georges , de Villebois- , d 1900 , Count , French Colonel and Boer soldier x Villebois-Mareuil , Georges de Military organizations Organizations Political systems Second Boer War, 1899-1902 South Africa Southern Africa State security War Wars (events)

Copies made by the Centre in 1988 from originals lent by the family.

Copies of papers relating to service in Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902, principally comprising letters to his family describing his service with 10 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-1901, notably action near Boshof, Orange Free State, in which Boer Gen Count de Villebois-Mareuil was killed, Apr 1900, and the failed attempt to rescue 13 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley, OrangeFree State, Jun 1900.

3 files

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English; some Afrikaans

Summary guide entry on-line at http;//www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

• English