NAM.1974-04-36-2

Disbound MS book, used by Lt Col Ronald Forbes Meiklejohn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a diary, 8 Jan 1898 to 6 Aug 1898. Bound MS notebook, used as a continuation of the diary (1974-04-36-1) by Lt Col Ronald Forbes Meiklejohn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a diary, 7 Aug 1898 to 14 Sep 1898. The first 19 pages are occupied by a list of the officers and men of F Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, with notes as to their respective fates during the campaign. In the pocket at the back of the book are a calendar for 1898 cut out of a magazine, and a 'statement', i.e. a will, made by Meiklejohn on 29 August 1898, before the Battle of Omdurman. In the continuation of the narrative he mentions the low state of morale among the troops before Omdurman, describes the battle in great detail, and gives details of divisional losses in it. The diary concludes in Cairo, where he learns that they are about to proceed to India. Associated with the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898).

Omdurman, Battle of, 1898 (2nd Sudan War 1895-1899)