NAM.1971-01-23-181-1

Ms bound notebook, kept by Lady Aileen Roberts, April 1921, containing a short account of her father's appointment as Commander in South Africa (December 1899) and receiving the news of the death of her brother, Freddy (Lt Frederick Sherston Roberts) at the Battle of Colenso; together with ms letter to Roberts from Lord Lansdowne, December 1899, acknowledging his opinion on role of Sir Redvers Buller in South Africa, ms letter to Roberts from Alfred Mahan in New York, December 1899, extending his sympathy and congratulations, and 3 ms and ts letters to Lady Roberts (May 1921) from Lord Lansdowne and John S Sandars with their recollections of the appointment of Roberts to command in South Africa.

Boer War (1899-1902)