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Coquets post ! Ah.. Pretoria Cottage again. Did we find out why it was called such?
Possibly from BOAR War.
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Could be a Boer War connection. We don't come across much info on locals in that conflict. It did draw in some of the N.F. volunteers at the time and of course the Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry.
Did I mention medals
Here's some Boer war stuff. Don't have much info. Some Northumberland Fusiliers and Northumberland Hussars. Top right medal is to 'J. Douglas' of the Northumberland Hussars; I would like to think he was a local but they recruited across Northumberland so he could be from anywhere:
