Accession Number
NAM.2014-11-4
Description
Inventory description: Diary kept by Lt Robert Francis Thomson, 28th Light Cavalry, concerning his movements in Persia between 14 Aug 1918 and 18 Oct 1918; during this time he escorted a group of Austrian, German, Hungarian and Bolshevik prisoners of war from Ashkabad to Rum; diary lists his orders for the management of the prisoners and mentions problems of rations and transport; associated with World War One, Persia (1914-1918).
