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| John Clark Collection |
John Rouse Merrith Chard, V.C. (1847-97) Lieut. R.E. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A contemporary sketch of the young churchill by the famous cartooist spy of Vanity Fair. At this time Churchill was a war correspondent in Natal and participated in the armoured train action at Chieveley, where he was captured, 15 November 1899. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Hurrace Hotel |
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| John Clark Collection |
Lieutenants J.R.M. Chard and Gonville Bromhead who shared in the defense arrangements at Rorke's Drift |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Prince of Wales Hotel, proprietor G. Salomon, as it looked in the period 1875-80. Originally built about 1840 as a 4-roomed cottage, it was owned by J.N. Boshof, a civil servant in the new colonial government, who later became president of the Orange Free State. |
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| John Clark Collection |
New ambulance wagon for Durban. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fugitives' Drift A worn historical photograph of the grave of the lieutenants with the cross was sent by Sir Bartle Frere. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A Boer photograph showing the captured guns en route to the Transvaal. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mr. Cecil Francis, Secretary of the Pietermaritzburg committee of the Simon van der Stel Foundation. His energy and enthusiasm, together with a deep knowledge of Victorian buildings, assisted the restoration committee greatly. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Church Street in 1880, with at least three hitching rails in view on an earthen surface. Although most of the buildings here are gone, the general appearance of the street is easily recognizable by a modern citizen. The best building is the double-storied block of Edward Stantial the chemist. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Prince of Wales Hotel. Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Spiden Kop Trench Grave The same trench- known as the Long Grave- as it is today. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sale of Natal sugar |
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| John Clark Collection |
Maritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
This grim photograph illustrates the carnage which resulted form aerious tactical errors by the Bristish command. Neither the British superiority in numbers nor in guns was used to advantage. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Col. A.W. Durnford shared the responsibility for the defense of the camp after Lord Chelmsford had set off with the balance of the troops. He died with his men. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A mule-drawn ambulance wagon collecting the wounded from the battlefield. |
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| John Clark Collection |
J. L. Hulett |
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| John Clark Collection |
Cyril and Murie Shuter 1979- Outside Gillitt's Flat |
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| John Clark Collection |
An old photograph of a military balloon used at Ladysmith for reconnaissance. |