letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1984-05-14-10
Description
Letter, 13 Apr 1917. from a collection written by Felix Tolcher Birdwood (1897-1987), November 1916 to 6 May 1917. Associated with 47th Sikhs, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918). He talks about earlier letters from home being retrieved from the Tigris. Text covers mosquitoes, lack of food, purchase of Arak alcohol, problems with mount, rations, hunger, clothing, horses and Baghdad.
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)
Units
Associated collection
