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South African War, 1899-1902

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  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Boer War: the reading-room at the field hospital, Wynberg, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after R. Thomas.
  • Boer War: the grave of men of the Naval Brigade who were killed in the battle of Graspan. Halftone, c. 1899, after H. E. Miles.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers lying inside a hospital train. Halftone, c.1900.
  • Boer War: the grave of those killed at Bronkhuis Spruit, with men standing round. Line engraving, c. 1901.
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Catalogue

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    Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

    | Date: 1900 | Reference: 38512i
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    Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

    Prater, Ernest, active 1900. | Reference: 23692i
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    Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

    Waugh, J. J. | Reference: 22131i
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    The history of the medical and hospital services of the Anglo-Boer war 1899 to 1902 / by Peter Prime.

    Prime, Peter. | Date: 1998
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    Boer War: a hospital train at the Battle of Colenso with soldiers milling around. Halftone, c. 1900, after H. Brazier-Creagh.

    Creagh, Henry Brazier, Major, active 1912. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23539i
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