letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2003-11-49-1

Description

Manuscript letter, 1900 (c)-1930 (c). Written by an unknown source from The Manor House Blechingley to Miss Hyacinth Wellesley. The letter was to accompany an embroidered purse and housewife utility pouch, informing her that they belonged to her great-great-uncle, Capt Newton Chambers, Aide-De-Camp to Sir Thomas Picton, both died at Waterloo. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars (1815).

Events

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)