Manuscript letter, written by Pte Harry Thurston during his service in the Boer War with 2nd Bn King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) to his friend Arthur from Helvetia, Transvaal, dated 27 Jan 1901.

He describes his disgust at the public adulation on the return to London of Lord Roberts and the City Imperial Volunteers, whom he describes as, ‘wretched amateurs’, alluding to the Frederikstad train accident, and describes Botha’s attack on Belfast on 7 Jan 1901. He also alludes to resentment amongst the reservists at their treatment by the Government.

Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).