papers
Accession Number

NAM.1988-09-82

Description

Inventory description: Manuscript note and three press cuttings, 1854-1894; relating to Capt Henry Mitchell Jones VC, 7th Royal Fusiliers; including: manuscript account of his winning the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Alma, Crimean War (1854-1856); two court circular reports on his presence at Balmoral, Nov 1894 and on his appointment as Minister in Lima; note on his life from a possibly Irish paper, published at the time of his appointment.