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Accession Number

NAM.2002-07-10-1011

Description

Manuscript letter written on Royal Artillery headed paper, dated 14 Apr 1879. Possibly written between two officers, but the names are indistinct. Col Stirling is mentioned in the letter. From the Stirling family correspondence, comprising over 700 letters and envelopes, 1846 (c)-1881 (c). Majority of the letters are to or from Col William Stirling, later Gen Sir William Stirling, Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery. Associated with 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). In 1876 he and his wife Anna and their youngest children travelled to India where Col Stirling was a commanding officer in the Koorum Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-1880. Many of the letters have been sent between India and Britain, and internally in India between Col Stirling and his wife.