'Escape by Train', November 1899, (1945). Creator: John Nash.

'Escape by Train', November 1899, (1945).  Creator: John Nash.

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'Escape by Train', November 1899, (1945). Scene from the Second Boer War (1899-1902). On 15 November 1899, Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a journalist travelling with a body of British troops at Estcourt, (KwaZulu-Natal Province), South Africa, when their train was ambushed by the Boers. Churchill was among the prisoners. On 12 December he managed to escape from the prison camp in Pretoria, boarded a passing goods train, and hid among empty coal sacks. This contemporary drawing was made by John Nash RI, from information given to him by Churchill. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. From "The Life and Times of Winston Churchill", by Malcolm Thomson. [Odhams Press Limited, London]


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Creator
  1. John Nash, attributed to: British: Artist
Subject
  1. Sir Winston Churchill: British: Politician, Prime Minister, artist, painter
People Related
  1. Malcolm Thomson: British: Author, writer

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World Africa South Africa KwaZulu/Natal Estcourt

  1. 29 00 00 S , 029 53 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5696x3963
File Size : 66,133kb


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  1. 0580050804
  1. 2-703-279
  1. 2703279

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