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- 1899 - 1900 (Creation)
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1 file
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Diary containing daily entries covering Aston's Special Service in South Africa as Staff Officer to the Assistant Inspector General Lines of Communication, South Africa, Maj Gen. Sir Charles (Sim Bremridge) Parsons and as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 8 Div including details on the journey from England; the journey from Cape Town to the Modder River area; reconnaissance work in Orange Free State and Cape Colony; the progress of current operations, including an account of an on Aston's troops at Senekal, Orange Free State 25 May 1900 and list of arms taken there. With 'Notes for guidance in South African warfare' issued by FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Baron Roberts of Kandahar, Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa, Jan and Feb 1900. 1 file
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The originals are held at the Royal Marines Museum, Eastney. The balance of the collection at Eastney consists of further newspaper cuttings relating to army training reports by Aston, 1921-1925 and 1933, and reviews of his books; further writings, 'Four