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Diary: Army and Navy Letter Size Diary for 1901. Entries begin on 8 Feb and cover Lt Col J K Watson's service as Horatio Herbert Kitchener's Aide-de-camp until 13 Apr when he left Durban on SS Konig for Ismalila, which he reached on 7 May. In South Africa he witnessed Kitchener's meeting with the Boer leaders on 28 Feb. On 20 May he took up the appointment of Assistant Adjutatnt General in Khartoum, and remained there until 4 Nov when he left for Cairo. There are no entries for 9-27 Nov and after 29 Nov. When in both South Africa and the Sudan he engaged in a good deal of polo playing. There is also a list of letters received at the end of the volume. From a collection of papers of Lt Col J K Watson, CMG CVO CBE, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Egyptian Army, 1889-1940. Associated with the the Boer War (1899-1902).

Boer War (1899-1902)