Transcripts of seventeen letters, 1899-1900, from 2nd Lieutenant Barton H. Besly, 2nd battalion, Devonshire Regiment, mainly to his mother, giving an account of his experiences while on active service during the relief of Ladysmith.

Some sixty letters, 1901-1902, from Lieutenant Thomas Lewis Prichard, first Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Africa Field Force, to his parents, the Rev. and Mrs Thomas Prichard, Llanbadrig Vicarage, Anglesey. Written mostly from South Africa, they describe his experiences on active service during the South African War, 1901-1902, including accounts of skirmishes with the Boers and the progress towards peace (ff. 1-121). Also included are four letters, 1914, relating to his service in France, where he died on 11 November 1914 (ff. 122-129).