An item reported that the British transport Canada left Southampton towards South Africa with on board troops embarked and a cargo of pipes as a gift of the queen to some regiments. The pipes were made in France with the inscription “gift of queen Alexandra to Lord Kitchener, commanding officer of the troop sin South-Africa’.
Note
1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.
Note
1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.
