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Account booklet, May 1876 (c) to March 1882 (c). Includes Clothing Account and Savings Bank Account, WO form 268, and Account Book WO form 267 belonging to L/Cpl Charles Everest, 16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot, 1876-1879 and 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot, 1880-1881 in South Africa. Booklets held together in canvas cover, cites his award of the South African medal with clasp in Zululand, 1879. Includes WO form 1171 Fourth Class Certificate of Education which states that Charles Everest can read and write, signed by R Kirk, Sub-Inspector of Army Schools, 24 November 1876. L/Cpl Charles Everest fought in both the Zulu War, 1879 and the Transvaal War, 1880-1881, and was awarded the South African medal with clasp in Zululand, 1879.

Transvaal War (1880-1881), Zulu War (1879)