One of thirty four manuscript letters, one undated, written between 1 Jan 1916 and 27 Jan 1917 by Maj Wilfred James Mitchell, whilst commanding the 40th Pathans in East Africa.
From a collection of 252 letters, some with transcriptions and associated photographs, written by Lt Col Hay Stewart Mitchell and Col Wilfred James Mitchell, DSO, during service with the British and Indian Armies between 1903 and 1921.
Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902), Somaliland (1903-1904), Tibet (1903-1904), India, North West Frontier, Mohmand Expedition (1908), World War One, Western Front, Mesopotamia, East Africa, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918) and Mesopotamia (Iraq) Revolt (1920).