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Mareuil, Georges, de Villebois-, d 1900, Count, French Colonel and Boer soldier
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LAWSON, Lt Col William Arnold Webster (1864-1943)

  • LAWSON
  • Collection
  • 1899-1902

Copies of papers relating to service in Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902, principally comprising letters to his family describing his service with 10 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-1901, notably action near Boshof, Orange Free State, in which Boer Gen Count de Villebois-Mareuil was killed, Apr 1900, and the failed attempt to rescue 13 Bn, Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley, OrangeFree State, Jun 1900.

Lawson, William Arnold Webster, 1864-1943, 3rd Baron Burnham, Lieutenant Colonel