Haunting Boer War Archive Found In Time Capsule

Amazing.
"A series of haunting unseen images from the Second Boer War collected by a soldier from Derby who took part in the brutal conflict have been unearthed in a time capsule showing where 22,000 soldiers were killed.
The remarkable photos, which include prints of slain Boers, a funeral of a British serviceman and a Boer War dog shed new light on a war that took place more than a century ago.
Photographer Robert Oliver fought in the South African conflict, which started in 1899 and ended in 1902, and was awarded the Queens medal for South Africa after fighting in Cape Colony, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in 1901 and 1902.
The archive, which contains a 'rare and eclectic' mix of items including the pictures, was gathered by war hero Robert Oliver, and found in a home in Derbyshire by auctioneer Charles Hanson, a regular on the BBC antiques show Bargain Hunt.
The collection also contains two pairs of original kid gloves, spurs, an ammunition bandolier, caps and hats, Queens and Kings South African medals, a glazed portrait of Robert Oliver, a photo album of unpublished personal photos of the war, a powder flask, cap badges, an original South African feathered headdress, a cartridge belt and other items.
'It really is quite an archive,' Mr Hanson said. "
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