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Saturday, 14 July 2012

British transport Morayshire underway to South Africa according to the Dutch newspaper De Zeeuw dated 2 April 1901

An item reported that the transport Morayshire left Southampton towards South Africa with on board 18 officers and 1,100 men, mainly part of the police corps of Baden Powell.

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.