Valentine Baker and the Queen’s forgiveness.
memoir, biographical, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.2001-07-1095-1
Description
Valentine Baker and the Queen’s forgiveness. Typed copy of notes relating to Col Valentine Baker, 1827-1887. Originally given as a lecture by Dorothy Anderson to the Bath Branch, The Historical Association, 29 Mar 2001. Includes references to Sir Evelyn Wood, Miss Rebecca Kate Dickinson and Constantinople. Col Baker served in 10th Hussars in South Africa and in the Crimean War (1854-1856), before being disgraced and dishonourably discharged. He also served in the Sudan as Inspector General of the Gendarmarie and also in Turkey and the Sudan, during 1885 (c).
Campaigns
1st Sudan War (1883-1885), Crimean War (1854-1856)
Units
Associated collection
