NAM.2003-11-99-2

Personal diary of L/Cpl Charles Everest, 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot, of his service in the Transvaal War. Includes details of the British and Dutch forces with native contingents and descriptions of the fighting. L/Cpl Charles Everest fought in both the Zulu War, 1879 and the Transvaal War, 1880-1881, and was awarded the South African medal with clasp in Zululand, 1879.

Zulu War (1879)

Laing’s Nek, Battle of, 1881 (Transvaal War 1880-1881)