NAM.1989-01-125-1

Diary of Lt Henry Morris Pryce-Jones, Coldstream Guards for the period 1 Aug 1899 to 31 Dec 1900, including his loose description card from Active Service (AFB 2067). Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). He sailed for Gibraltar on board SS Britannia 21 Sep and landing there on 25th set off again three days later on SS Malta for Cape Town which he reached on 16 Nov, joining the Guards Brigade at Belmont on 23rd. He was in action on the Modder River on the 28th and again at Maggersfontein 11 Dec. They reached Maggersfontein in Feb 1900 when the Boers had left and spent March & April marching around in the Driefontein - Bloemfontein area where they were engaged and suffered casualties. They were present at Diamond Hill 12 June, engaged in minor actions in July and always on the march. They found the funeral party for the burial of Prince Christian Victor (d. 30 Oct) and at the end of the diary is a list of officers of 1st Coldstream Guards with notes of their wounds etc.

Boer War (1899-1902)