The man she was to marry

After her unhappy affair with Charles Maclean, Wynne was taken off to stay with her married sister, Eva, in India.

As intended, it proved a fateful journey.

There was plenty of time on the long boat trip to meet men.

The Wedding on hold

The Boer War disrupts Wynne's plans.

Both Herbert and her brother Elliot were to serve in South Africa, and she follows their progress.

Luckily they arrived when the fortunes of the British Army had changed...but the post was slow, and Wynne had to rely on the newspapers...

Mafeking

Herbert writes home about his experiences in the Relief Column.
He describes the long march and the final assault, during which time he was able to deploy his artillery to good effect. As the local paper fondly announced - "the tide of battle was turned by the timely arrival of Major Jackson's Horse Artillery, which silenced the Creusot gun".