Williams, Charles Edward (Private, b.? - d.1900)

Place Africa: South Africa, Cape Colony
Accession Number PR02040
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: x 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Williams, Charles Edward
Place made South Africa
Date made 1899-1900
Access Open
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Fifteen letters written by Private Charles Edward Williams of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, covering the years 1899 -1900 and service in the Boer War. Includes an account of William's death in action written by his colleage J McFarlane; and a note written on 4 March 1900 by Chaplain F W Wary, testifying to the burial of Williams in Colesburgh, South Africa.