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Diary for 1916 by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Maxwell VC, DSO
papers, diary, letter, papers
Accession Number

NAM.1978-07-25-1

Description

Francis Maxwell's Diary 1897. Diary contains one entry for 1 January then regular entries start from 11 Sept - 28 Dec. Covering service in the Kurram Field Force, and as Aide-De-Camp to Gen Sir William Lockhart in the Tirah Field Force. Maxwell describes going to hospital in a 'doolie' 17 December after having a temperature of 104. Maxwell writes in the front of the diary that a 'drunken idiot' threw his diary out of a cabin window coming home. (January - May) and that he started a new diary from May. However he lost that diary so started this one.

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902), India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898), India, North West Frontier, Kurram Valley Expedition (1898), World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Events

Arras, Battle of, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Ypres, 3rd Battle of (Passchendaele), 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Nivelle Offensive, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)

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