Letter sent to Capt Rowland Power from Secretary of State, Downing Street, referring to Power being selected for appointment to the Southern Nigeria Regiment of the West Africa Frontier Force as Company Commander, 20 or 28 Jun 1905.
One of 14 items relating to Col Rowland Edward Power, 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and Commanding Officer 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and Southern Nigeria Regiment, 1893-1927.
Col Power served in India, Relief of Chitral, 1895, and North West Frontier Campaigns of 1897-1898, Aden Hinterland, West Africa and World War One in South India and France.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.