letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2012-03-9-16
Description
Letter to Lt Dugmore from Dr W I Ansorge from Mahaji, 17 Oct 1897. 2 leaves. Reports on the status of the men sent out to various detachments following his inspections. Tells an anecdote about the weather and conditions in Uganda while crossing Lake Albert in a thunderstorm - comparing the trip to a childhood experience in Scotland - and tells of the conditions of his lodging. From a collection of 116 letters and papers relating to Lt William Francis Brougham Radcliffe Dugmore (1868-1917) during the Uganda Mutiny, November 1896-January 1899. Collected by W Lloyd-Jones, author of ‘KAR: being an unofficial account of the origins and activities of the King’s African Rifles’, 1920s.
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