NAM.1984-12-4

Inventory description: Papers of Lt Col James K Watson, CMG CVO CBE, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Egyptian Army, 1889-1940; including diaries covering his service with 4th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps in India and Burma (1889-1892), with the Egyptian Army in Egypt (1894-1899), and South Africa and the Sudan (1902), letters to his wife (1901-1902, 1927), personal correspondence and papers (1892-1940), and papers comprising poetry, press cuttings, membership cards, telegrams, menus and Army Orders. Associated with the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899) and Boer War (1899-1902).