One of Churchill’s guards for the train trip to Pretoria was H.J. Spaarwater. “…under the obligation to serve without pay in wartime, providing horse, forage and provisions, he was a polite, meek-mannered little man and I took a great liking to him.” Spaarwater never had a chance to use his captive’s note for he was killed in action a year later. His granddaughter still has the faded scrap of paper. Another guard was 19-year old Daniel Swanepoel of the Krugersdorp Commando who bought Churchill a cup of coffee at Germiston station.