Letter.
From a collection of letters and other documents relating to 2/Lt Thomas Haworth Preston, East Lancashire Regiment, 1898 (c)-1904.
The bulk of the collection comprises sixty-eight manuscript letters to his mother and sister written between January 1900 and September 1904 whilst serving with 3rd Bn East Lancashire Regiment in South Africa 1900-1901 and with the 2nd Bn in India 1904. In addition there is a brief diary for February 1900 - April 1901 and sundry other documents. During 1901 Preston saw a considerable amount of active service against the Boers near a bridge on the Vet River in the Orange Free State.
Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).