Lady Sarah Wilson's bomb-proof shelter at Mafeking, 1900
Lady Sarah Wilson (1865 - 1929), formerly Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill, youngest child of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, sister of Sir Randolph Churchill and consequently aunt of Sir Winston Churchill. She was a war correspondent who was wounded whilst reporting on the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War. Here she is pictured at the entrance to her bomb-proof shelter at Mafeking
Picture No
14106121
Media ID
45754579
Size
4444px x 6863px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by S. Begg on the front cover of the Illustrated London News, 2nd June 1900, page 729
Date
1900
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