GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 2 - Misc: Letter from Boer soldier during the Siege of Ladysmith, 1899-1900

3 items

GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 2 1899, 1966 Collection (fonds) 3 items A J Tapper
Letter, written in Afrikaans, by A J Tapper, during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, 1899-1900, and acquired by Sgt Dodderidge, who served with the Rifle Bde during the Second Boer War

Letter was presented to the Library, King's College London, by the family via Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson and Professor Michael Howard, Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1966

Manuscript letter written in Afrikaans by Boer soldier A J Tapper to the Boethma family, Groenfontein, 7 Nov 1899, detailing Boer attitudes and expectations during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, South Africa, with English translation of letter supervised by Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson, 1966, and correspondence between Thompson and former holder of the letter Mrs L K Dodderidge, widow of Sgt Dodderidge, 1966

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
Afrikaans, English

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

Date of compilation: Oct 1999 Armed forces Boer Army Colonial conflicts Colonial countries Groenfontein International conflicts International relations Ladysmith Military organizations Organizations Political systems Province of Kwazulu-Natal Second Boer War, 1899-1902 South Africa Southern Africa State security Tapper , A J , fl 1899-1902 , Boer soldier Thompson , William Francis Kynaston , d 1976 , Brigadier General War Wars (events)

Letter was presented to the Library, King's College London, by the family via Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson and Professor Michael Howard, Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1966

Manuscript letter written in Afrikaans by Boer soldier A J Tapper to the Boethma family, Groenfontein, 7 Nov 1899, detailing Boer attitudes and expectations during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, South Africa, with English translation of letter supervised by Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson, 1966, and correspondence between Thompson and former holder of the letter Mrs L K Dodderidge, widow of Sgt Dodderidge, 1966

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

Afrikaans, English

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

• English