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Treatment of British prisoners of war by South African Republic; reports on progress...
Catalogue reference: DO 119/547
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This record is about the Treatment of British prisoners of war by South African Republic; reports on progress... dating from 1900 in the series High Commissioner for South Africa, and High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DO 119/547
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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Treatment of British prisoners of war by South African Republic; reports on progress of the war
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Folio No. D/34
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2340762/
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