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Photocopies of typed copies of letters written by Lt Col Arthur Ponsonby to his mother and sisters during his service with the Grenadier Guards at Sebastopol, including conditions during the journey to Sebastopol via Constantinople, rations, feelings towards Florence Nightingale and fundraising for her nursing school, difficulty purchasing horses, amusements at Balaklava, dining with Lord Raglan, liaising with French forces, morale, reaction to losses at Sebastopol (18 June 1855), casualties, reaction to bad press coverage of the men and campaign, the death of Lord Raglan, his appointment as ADC to General Codrington, siege conditions, his opinion of Lord Panmure, Christmas preparations, and peace celebrations. Associated with Grenadier Guards, Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856). From the Regimental Archive of the Grenadier Guards.

Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)