Lettercard written by Hugh Hughes to his parents in London, 11 Jun 1900.
Sent from an Imperial Yeomanry Field Hospital, east of Roodewal. He wishes his father a happy birthday a says that they at last came under fire and had to attend to the wounded. The Boers soldiers captured them but stopped firing when they realised they were medics. They saw the Boer soldiers looting the stores from the field hospital before being freed.
One of twenty four lettercards sent by Hugh Hughes, a voluntary medical orderly in the Imperial Yeomanry to his parents in London,1900 (c).
Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).