letter (microfilm copy), letter
Accession Number
NAM.1979-01-79-1
Description
Microfilm copies of seventy manuscript letters (some with typescript transcripts). Written to his parents by Capt Hugh Robinson, 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), 1851-1858. Thirty-nine of the letters cover his voyage to South Africa and service in the 3rd Kaffir War, October 1851- December 1853; the remaining thirty-one of December 1853- December 1858 were written from Madras and Bangalore. Associated with the 8th Cape Frontier War (3rd Kaffir War) (1850-1853).
Campaigns
8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853)
Associated collection
