NAM.2001-06-14-14

Letter, 6 Oct 1915. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton, at Fort Kom-el-Dik, Alexandria, to his parents in London. Letter contains news of his cousin, Capt ‘Freddie’ W Clark, 1/11th Bn London Regiment, who was wounded in Greece, and a description of the ‘lovely’ trenches there. 2/Lt Hicklenton is due to embark, for Greece or Gallipoli he thinks, on 8 October. Accompanied by a press cutting from ‘The War Budget’ showing British troops in Egypt and an envelope franked by Egyptian dark red 5 milliemes postage stamp and date-stamped Alexandria, 6 October 1915. From a collection of 54 letters and postcards with accompanying envelopes, 1915-1916. Associated with World War One, Gallipoli, Malta and Egypt.

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)