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mnhtnbb

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7. Indeed

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2025, 08:58 AM

May 4

Sir Redvers Buller--remembered for his military stupidity and losses during the Boer War--is a cousin of some sort on my father's side. My dad had the genealogy, but my copy of it was lost during our house fire. I have a nephew who has done more work on the family tree, but I can't put my hands on the research.

https://www.britishempire.co.uk/biography/redversbuller.htm

I framed a copy of this well known official portrait of Redvers and it is hanging on my living room wall. I had a memorial plate of him that I found in an antique store in Rye, on a trip to England in 1987, but it was also destroyed in our house fire.

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