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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 893

A Boer War diary kept by Trooper F. Crook, North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry, who was appointed as Escort to Lord Roberts

Autograph diary covering 21 January-16 December 1900, completed in ink, with good details and references, together with a portrait of Trooper Crook, very fine

J. Crook was a native of Pinhoe, Exeter and joined the North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry on 21 January 1900. This fascinating, unpublished diary covers his entire service, all the way to his discharge and is a valuable first-hand account of the campaign.

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Sold for
£900

Starting price
£100