Private Papers of Lieutenant Colonel J W Callaway OBE

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Soldier's Pay Book (8pp) relating to his service as Trumpeter with the 82nd Battery RFA, 31 October 1914 - 30 June 1916, together with an ms letter (1p) to him from Major W L Foske of the RA Prisoners of War Fund, regarding the despatch of parcels to him (24 July 1917), a transcription of extracts (9pp) from the diary kept by Major J W Nelson, 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, during the siege of Kut and reprinted in "The Queen's Own Gazette" (undated), notes (5pp) on the operations of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary "D", November 1914 - March 1918 (May 1918) and a map showing the Battle Sites of Mesopotamia, November 1914 - May 1918 (August 1918).

History note

Catalogue date 1976-04-29

History note

Cataloguer Backlog

Object details

Category: Private papers
Related period: First World War (content)
Creator: Callaway, Jack William
Dimensions: whole: 1 File
Catalogue number: Documents.10836

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