NAM.1998-02-198-1

Photocopied typescript extracts from diaries of Commissary Gen A W Downes. Compiled at the express desire of his widow A M Downes for private circulation; Downes saw active service in the Crimea and China; he retired in 1880, represented Fulham on the London City Council, and died in 1906. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).

2nd China War (1856-1860), Crimean War (1854-1856)