Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 16/494
Title
Text of a BBC radio broadcast by Hamilton, 1935, on the ending of the Second Boer War
Date(s)
- 1935 May 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Typescript of BBC radio broadcast by Hamilton on the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902, and the ending of Second Boer War, including his meeting with FM Rt Hon Jan Christiaan Smuts prior to the signing; the peace aims of FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome; the current plight of South African War veterans. 3pp