13 JUNE 1970, Page 35

The Boer War

Sir: I am writing a history of the Boer War (1899-1902), and am anxious to trace anyone who has personal recollections of the war, either as a soldier in South Africa or as a civilian on the home front.

I should also be grateful to hear of any un- published first-hand accounts—diaries,

letters etc. describing the war and its af-

Thomas Pakenham Tullynally, Castlepollard, Westmeath