NAM.2001-09-77-1

Letter dated Meean Meer, 12 Feb 1892. Envelope is franked 15 Feb, and was endorsed by the Commanding Officer, Lt Col P H Smith. Pte Ware briefly describes the voyage to India via Malta and Alexandria, the train journey from Karachi to Meean Meer, vaccination against smallpox, and explains the system by which soldiers could obtain cheaper postal rates. One of 2 manuscript letters written by 3443 Pte John Ware, 1st Bn Devonshire Regiment, to his parents, 1893-1895.

India, North West Frontier, Chitral Expedition (1895)