- MAURICE, FB 2/2/5
- Item
- 1879 Aug 21
John Frederick Maurice. Copy of memo to Capt Barton, ordering him to despatch 50 of the native infantry contingent to a certain drift. [Papers torn on right hand side] Manuscript, 1p
John Frederick Maurice. Copy of memo to Capt Barton, ordering him to despatch 50 of the native infantry contingent to a certain drift. [Papers torn on right hand side] Manuscript, 1p
John Frederick Maurice to Gen [Wolseley], from Calanini's Lower Kraal. Further news of the chase. Manuscript, 18pp
Account by 'Forbes', for the Daily News, Capetown, of military operations at Ulundi, South Africa
Forbes, Ulundi to Daily News, Capetown. Press telegram giving details of the pursuit since previous week. Carbon Manuscript, 36pp
Wolseley to Mrs Maurice, informing her of her husband's wound and his expected return. Praises his courage. Manuscript, 4pp
Diary of Jane Marsh (nee Perceval), 1876-1879, chiefly relating to the health of her children
Notebook/diary [kept by Jane Marsh], Irregular entries, 1876 June 4-1879 Dec 29, about her children, especially their illnesses. 60 pp. Loose: 3 papers with similar notes and a letter with sketches dated 29 Sept 1875 from Henry G. Sawyer to his niece.
Album of photographs of Hamilton's relations and family friends, [1860-1880]
Album of photographs of Hamilton's relations and family friends, including his father Col Christian Monteith and childhood photographs of Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton. 1 vol [many photographs with missing or incomplete captions]
Account by Hamilton of the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, South Africa, 1881
Manuscript letter from Hamilton to Maj Gen Martin Andrew Dillon, Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, giving Hamilton's account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 27 Feb 1881. 9pp. With typed copy. 15pp
Group photographs of army officers, 1881, 1896, 1930
Part of ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)
Group photographs of Allenby with Army colleagues, notably with Staff College colleagues, including Capt Douglas Haig, 1896. With group photograph of Allenby and other pupils tutored by Mr Wren, 1881. 3 items
Francis Bryant's professional correspondence, 1877-1881
Correspondence connected with early career as clerk to international exhibitions in Philadelphia and Melbourne, and (from 1881) as assistant to Sir Dighton Probyn, Comptroller and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales
Wolseley to [John Frederick Maurice] on the possibility of his writing an article on Major General Sir George Colley (killed in action at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Feb 1881). Disgraceful peace made by Wood. [Incomplete] Manuscript, 4pp
Manuscript copy of seven letters from a lieutenant (name not supplied) of 4 Bn The Lincolnshire Regt, to his acting adjutant, regarding his request for posting to active service in Egypt. 4pp
Certificate of qualification in musketry teaching, 1882
Certificate of Col James Redmond Patrick Gordon's attendance at the School of Musketry , Hythe, Kent qualifying him to teach the theory and practice of musketry. Printed and manuscript, 1p
Notes on troops and supplies, [1882]
Rough notes on troops and supplies probably for movement to Ismailia. Manuscript, 3pp
Press cuttings from The Madras Mail, 1993, about military exercises, India
Newspaper cuttings from The Madras Mail relating to military exercises before Lt Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Bt, Commander in Chief Madras, at Palveram, 18-19 Jan 1883, and at Bangalore, 29 Jan-5 Feb 1883. 1 file
Letter from R Gordon, 1883, with an account of the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, Sep 1882
R. Gordon, giving his personal description of and views on the battle of Tel- el-Kebir. Manuscript, 16p.
Letter from A W Kinglake, 1883, concerning papers from the 1850s
A.W. Kinglake, concerning papers in his possession dating before 1854. Manuscript, 1p [see also Maurice 2/3/110]
John Dalyrymple Hay to Lord Hastington, to correct an error in "Hostilities without Declaration of War", in the report on the Channel Tunnel. Manuscript, 4p.
Photograph album relating to the Inniskilling Dragoons in South Africa, 1883
Part of ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)
Photograph album, notably including group photographs of the Inniskilling Dragoons, 1883, 1885; photographs of Pinetown camp, South Africa, 1883, Madeira and St Helena, [1884-1890], South African landscapes, 1885-1888, troops in Zululand, 1888. 1 vol
Letter from John Howell to Horace Howell, c 1880, on family matters
Manuscript letter from John Howell (Howell's grandfather) to Horace Howell (Howell's father), discussing family matters. 13p.
Letter from J Westlake, 1884, about a soldier who claimed to have killed wounded men
J. Westlake, asking for advice on what action to take, if any, against a soldier claiming to have killed wounded men. Manuscript, 2p.