Eighty-three manuscript letters, letter forms, postcards and telegrams from Edmund Augustine Burrows to his wife (including one to his son), written whilst serving in South Africa between Jan 1900 and May 1901.
Burrows saw action at the Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast and Lyndenberg. He commanded 1st Brigade Divisional Royal Field Artillery, and led the Royal Artillery under Maj Gen Wynne’s command.
From a collection of papers relating to the Military service of Col Edmund Augustine Burrows, Royal Artillery and his two sons, 1891-1919.
Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).