HENRY SYMONDS' KIMBERLEY SIEGE LETTER
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THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY, A POIGNANT LETTER
The Ambulance Corps
Henry is the tall lean character in mufti sitting in middle row.
The Kimberley Town Guard
Henry with other members of the hastily formed Town Guard (an amalgamation of a number of small bodies of men)
Henry Symonds F24 b1863, as a young man
Picture of Henry with his brother Edward, taken in Pietermaritzburg, Natal 1891
Edward was appointed Chaplain to the troops in Natal and lived with Henry 1890 - 1892
Portrait of Frieda and Henry
Henry in Medical Corps uniform during the 1914-18 War.
Cecil Rhodes
The Big Hole, Kimberley
Kimberley in 1870
Photo, Copyright Jim Jones
A map showing the positions of the various holdings at Kimberley Mine in 1883
Copyright: De Beers Group
The Kimberley Mine 1873
Taken from The Diamond Mines of South Africa, by G.F. Williams, New York, 1906
kimberley Mines circa 1880s
Du Toit Span Road, Kimberley
Taken from Garner Williams book on Diamond Mines of South Africa 1905
Henry's Medals, obverse, note the Kimberley Defence clasp, and the Kimberley Star
Rescued from a Kaplan Auction, Johannesburg, in 2005
Henry's medals, reverse side, note the Africaans inscription on the Victory medal.
Rescued from a Kaplan Auction, Kimberley in 2005
The Kimberley Town Guard taking their morning tub
From amongt Henry's prized mementoes
Kimberley sanatorium
Lord Roberts with Kimberley children born during the Siege.
The Soup Kitchen, organised by CJ Rhodes, was prepared by the civic authorities
Soup ration ticket from the siege of Kimberley
One of the many objects in Henry's box of mementos
£5 Note of the infant Republic of South Africa, dated 1900
One of the many objects in Henry's box of mementos
£1 Note of the infant Republic of South Africa, dated 1900
One of the many objects in Henry's box of mementos
Shilling Token for the Kimberley Hotel
from Henry's box of mementoes
shrapnel hotel
Women and children, at Rhodes' invitation, waiting to be lowered down the De Beers mine shaft to sa
Trenches and underground passages used in fortifications
Long Cecil
Photo, courtesy Kimberley Museum
Dug-outs in the debris heaps, showing the daily activities of civilians during the quieter moments.
The Conning Tower
THE RUSH TO KIMBERLEY - THE 10TH HUSSARS CROSSING KLIP DRIFT
from H Wilson's book, With Flag to Pretoria, 1902