Letter. Mark Sykes to Edith Gorst
- Reference No:
- U DDSY2/1/2b/3
- Dates:
- 20 Jan 1901
- Description:
- Written whilst anticipating a Boer attack, describing the start of the outbreak, a guard being shot dead, meeting an orphaned boy in Kroonstadt, his opinion of Clive Wilson and the others on the staff, having to buy an ill-fitted replacement hat, the latest news on the Boers' advance, Edith's last letter, and how much he thinks of her. Includes illustration of himself in three different sized hats, and a picture of Geoffrey Howard.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere
