IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 2
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: Misc: Letter from Boer soldier during the Siege of Ladysmith, 1899-1900
Date(s): 1899, 1966
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 3 items
Name of creator(s): A J Tapper
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
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
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
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
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Afrikaans, English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form
Conditions governing reproduction:
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
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in the Centre's reading room
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Date of compilation: Oct 1999