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| Picture No | 10812351 |
| Date | 1900 |
| Description | Lady Sarah Wilson's bomb-proof shelter at Mafeking, 1900 |
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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.
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| Source | Illustration by S. Begg on the front cover of the Illustrated London News, 2nd June 1900, page 729. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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