Bound manuscript journal: Transvaal War: Staff Officer’s Journal.
Written by Maj (later Col) Edward Essex, Gordon Highlanders, kept while serving with the Natal Field Force 31 Dec 1880-12 Mar 1881.
The journal provides a detailed narrative of the organisation and operations of the Force and includes accounts of the battles of Laing’s Nek and Majuba Hill.
Included with the journal are ten documents relating to Col Essex’s service carreer.
Associated with the Battles of Laing’s Nek and Majuba Hill, Transvaal War (1880-1881), 1881, 1881.