papers, papers
Accession Number
NAM.1978-07-25-16
Description
Francis Maxwell's Diary 1915. Kept whilst Military Secretary to the Viceroy at Delhi, Simla Dehra Dun and elsewhere in India. Maxwell writes about a tour of Gwalior in April. Pasted in the front of the diary is a cutting of a breif biography about Maxwell, including information about his parents and his wife Charlotte Maxwell. 7-17 January are filled in with the word 'bed' indicating that he was ill. 3 July Maxwell writes about how he wrote to the Viceroy again asking to leave his position to fight in France. The Viceroy however refuses to let Maxwell go. At the rear of the diary is a list of his horses and how much he sold them for.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
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