The Boer War 1899-1901: Whalley’s War

old documents and photographs

Discover the reality of conditions in the Boer War through the eyes of Frederick Whalley, a bodyguard to Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces.

Follow a gunner’s voyage out to South Africa, and discover why the ammunition boxes were labeled ’sugar’.

And find out who dared call Lord Kitchener ‘that fat beery bloated looking fellow’!

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Price: £5 per attendee
Tel: 0113 220 1888
educate.leeds@armouries.org.uk

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