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  • Stourbridge Group – Winston Churchill – Escape from a Boer Prison Camp

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Winston Churchill - Escape from a Boer Prison Camp In November 1899 during the Second Boer War, a 25-year old Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was working as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. He was captured after Boers ambushed a British armoured train in South Africa and sent to a prisoner of war camp in […]