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Printed newspaper cutting from ‘Daily Telegraph’, dated 1 Jan 1899, reporting that Baden-Powell in Mafeking may expect a hand from Capt Llewellyn in the north; the newspaper identifies Hoel Llewellyn’s father as Commanding Officer of 4th Militia Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, about to take up garrison duties; 1 of 84 documents relating to the late Lt Col Sir Hoel Llewellyn, DSO, DL, former Chief Constable of Wiltshire.

Mafeking, Siege of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)