papers, papers
Accession Number

NAM.1988-09-82-1

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, November 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.

Events

Alma, Battle of the, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

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