Collection: A Volunteer In The Boer War (Part 2): Craig, G craigvol1-19-02-54322
Description
Engine of wrecked train blown up by the Boers, June 1901. The photograph is annotated: ' fireman was killed and buried on the spot beside the line. His body was dug up later and reinterred at Kroonstad 50 miles off'.
Collection
A Volunteer In The Boer War (Part 2): Craig, G
Description
This second part of the Volunteer series, explores the career of Granville Craig in the Second Boer War. Images include fortifications and trenches, the destruction of Boer buildings and a Boer attack on a train.
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Second Boer War (1899-1902)
- Country: South Africa
- Theme (Main): Conflict & Military Operations
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Subject: Intelligence
- Subject: Logistics
- Subject: Reconnaissance & Surveying
- Subject: Transport
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Information: Visual
