NAM.1983-11-14

Inventory description: Papers of Gen Sir William Gordon Cameron covering his military service with the Grenadier Guards and as a senior office in the British Army (1853-1890), including testimonials, commissions, family correspondence, student papers, warrants, invoices and licences, including correspondence relating to the training of Moorish troops sent to Gibraltar from Morocco (1876-1878) and his appointment to command troops in South Africa (1890); together with correspondence from his son, Lt William Gordon Cameron (1863-1885) relating to action in Sudan with the Cameron Highlanders and from friends following his death at Koshei (1885-1887); correspondence from his other son, Maj Gen Neville Cameron covering his posting to South Africa with the Cameron Highlanders, and with notes on engagements, including the battle on the Zand River (1899-1902), and correspondence from another son, Lt William Gordon Cameron, stationed in Egypt and covering his move to Haifa and the Sudan (1883-1885). From the muniments of the Cameron Family formerly of Inch. (Printed finding aid available)

Boer War (1899-1902), 1st Sudan War (1883-1885), Crimean War (1854-1856)