Typescript transcription of a letter dated 15 Jun 1900.
Written by Cpl Hurley to his sister Ruby from Mount Prospect, Laurds Nek, Natal, in it he mentions the imminent surrender of 7000 Boers and their nuisance shelling.
One of twenty transcribed typescript letters written by Cpl Rowland Charles Hurley whilst serving with 3rd Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps during the Boer War, 24 Jun 1899 to 20 Jan 1901.
Associated with the Battle of Colenso (1899) and the Relief of Ladysmith (1900), Boer War (1899-1902).

Cpl Hurley later served during World War One as a Lance Sergeant with the D Coy 2nd Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, he was killed 17 Sep 1914.