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One page manuscript letter from Lt. Heyworth Potter Lawrence Heyworth, 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment, to his sister Winnie Kennard. It was written from Frankfort, Orange Free State, South Africa, and is dated 18 April 1900. Heyworth, known as Lawrence, says that they are guarding the Boshof to Kimberley road through which all the food for Methuen’s column needs to pass. He has also been out shooting game. From a collection of seven letters written during the Boer War by Lt. H P L Heyworth, 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment, to his sister Winnie, 1900-1902. Heyworth, later a Captain, was Killed in Action on 6th August 1915, in the Dardenelles Campaign. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Boer War (1899-1902)