Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 2078 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: 8708 Private Alfred Robinson, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, South African War
Covering Dates: 1900-1901
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8708 Private Alfred Robinson, born in Morton Palms, Darlington, County Durham. Joined 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, in Stockton, 24 January 1900 and served with them for some of the South African War, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War. Discharged 21 Feb 1901 in order to join Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. Joined the Cattle Rangers Corp in August 1901, discharged 30 December 1901. Returned to England and married in 1902, settled back in South Africa before moving to Australia in 1910. Served with the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War.See D/DLI 2/1 for other records of 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, in the South African War
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Ref: D/X 2078/1
Digital transcript (pdf) of the diaries of Alfred Robinson as compiled by his grandson, 'Only a volunteer, Alfred Robinson's record of his service with British forces in the Second Boer War, February 1900-December 1901'. Transcript produced 2014
(1 pdf, 54 pages, 5.83 MB)
Ref: D/X 2078/2Printed copy of D/X 2078/1, diary of Private Alfred Robinson's service in the South African War, 1900-1901.
Access copy.
(27 papers, typescript)
