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Three page manuscript letter from Lt. Heyworth Potter Lawrence Heyworth, 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment, to his sister Winnie Kennard. It was written from Wakkerstroom, South Africa, and is dated 8 May 1902. Heyworth, known as Lawrence, apologises for not writing sooner but says that he is “getting so tired of life that the essentials of it bore me”. He nearly shot two men who he thought were Boers but were actually on their side. From a collection of seven letters written during the Boer War by Lt. H P L Heyworth, 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment, to his sister Winnie, 1900-1902. Heyworth, later a Captain, was killed in action on 6th August 1915, during the Dardenelles Campaign. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Boer War (1899-1902)