NAM.1983-07-121-1

Bound typescript diary inscribed: Diary of W Greening 90th Regt. Containing an account of 12 years service 1890-1902, 'Soldiering in India and South Africa'. The text describes peace-time service at Shahjehanpur in India 1896-1897, from where he returned home for medical reasons. During the Boer War he served as a clerk on the Intelligence Staff, first in Buller's Force under Col A E Sandbach and later based in Pretoria under Mag G F Milne. In July 1902 he left the army and took civilian employment in Johannesburg, but returned at the end of the year. The narrative is illustrated with 64 sketches by Greening, mostly topographical view of Indian, Ireland and Britain but including 2 of Aldershot and 10 Boer War scenes.

Boer War (1899-1902)