PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-10-25. SIGNED PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS ...

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Accession Number P00275.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-10-25. SIGNED PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS (LATER LORD ROBERTS), WHO WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900. THE 2ND (QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY) CONTINGENT JOINED LORD ROBERTS' FIELD FORCE AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL AT MODDER RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA, ON 1900-03-03. THE DONOR'S FATHER, NO 149 PRIVATE CHARLES COOKE, WAS WITH THIS UNIT. ORIGINAL HELD IN SPECIAL PRINT COLLECTION.