NAM.2004-03-73-3-2

Copy of continuation of letter of 18 Dec 1876 from Adj Gen E H Elliss to Lt Gen Sir A A Cunyngham, commanding at the Cape of Good Hope, 13 Jan 1877. Describes the evacuation of the troopship St Lawrence and congratulates the 2nd Bn 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs) on their conduct. From collection of documents associated with the loss of the troopship St Lawrence ninety miles north of Cape Town on 8 Nov 1876. Associated with Lt Gen Sir Charles Knight Pearson CB, who was then commanding the 2nd Bn 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs).