Manuscript pocket book written by Maj Richard William Henry Fanshawe, Indian Army, 1838-1874.
Containing ‘Extract from a letter written by Major R W A Fanshawe to his daughter Mrs James Algie, giving at her request an account of his escape from a Body of Rebel Cavalry May 1858’. With separate typescript transcript.
At the time of his engagement with the rebels Fanshawe was on the invalid establishment and not an officer of a regiment.
Including notes on Fanshawe’s service in the Indian Army 1838-1874 and notes on the career of Maj Joseph Leeson, 1840-1848.
Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).