Letters from soliders attached to the Royal Irish Fusiliers, written from South Africa, the Punjab and Ireland and sent to family and friends during the years 1899 to 1907. Included are letters from Private Edward Byrne of the 2nd Battalion and Corp. Michael Byrne, of B Company, which relate for the most part to their experiences in South Africa during the course of the Boer War (1899-1902) and their subsequent transfer to various British Army stations in the Punjab. Also included are letters to Byrne from Major Rowland Brinckman, formerly of the R.I.F., concerning his efforts to secure Nolan work on his leaving the British Army, newscuttings, miscellaneous ephmeral items relating to the Boer War and India and a typescript copy of an essay titled 'Edward Nolan's Boer War'.