A postcard celebrating raising the British flag in Bloemfontein and Pretoria, South Africa, during the Boer War, sent by DPL to his sister with a short greeting on the back. Also, two photos of DPL.
David Patrick Lettres was born in Bellamina, Northern Ireland, around 1880. It is believed he came to England with the Irish Guards and met his wife, who was from Brighton. After serving in the Boer War, he returned to Brighton and became the publican of the Lord Nelson pub at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton.
Lettres, David Patrick (writer), Lawrence, W, from Bloemfontein, South Africa (postcard publisher)
One postcard and two photos
Digital copies have been donated to the East Sussex Record Office and are listed here; the originals are in the care of Patrick Lettres, DPL's grandson
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