NAM.1959-03-128-1

Nine Letters from Capt Arthur J Layard to his brother Austen H Layard, MP, 38th Regt, 9th Regt, DAQMG, 2nd Division, written between 29 May 1854 and 7 Jul 1855. Includes letter from Captain Arthur J Layard (1819-1855), 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, Gallipoli, 29 May 1854, to his brother A H Layard MP, from. Includes a description of the plight of women accompanying the Army on campaign, Crimean War (1854-1856). Layard was the younger brother of the Radical Member of Parliament, Austen Henry Layard. His letters to his brother are generally critical of the higher military authorities.

Crimean War (1854-1856)