Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/2/53
Title
Letter from General Sir Reginald Wingate to Robertson, 21 Feb 1917, about the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula
Date(s)
- 1917 Feb 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir (Francis) Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner of Egypt, notably giving a brief outline of the situation in the Hedjaz, and the possibility of raising the northern Hedjaz Arab tribes against the Turks; the status of Col Cyril Edward Wilson as British Military and Political Representative in the Hedjaz; the promotion of temporary Lt Col Philip James Vandeleur Kelly, Commander of the Darfur Expedition. 4pp.