Diary: Charles Letts's Improved Diary 1890.
The battalion reached Allahabad from Meerut on 21 Feb, there Lt Col J K Watson recorded parades, visits, tennis, guard mountings and funerals. He went on a hunting trip from July- October (list of kit taken) and on 26 Oct they left, sailing on HMS Canning for Mandalay, which they reached on 6 Nov. There are no entries after 18 Nov, although details of payments and letters received are recorded.
From a collection of papers of Lt Col J K Watson, CMG CVO CBE, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Egyptian Army, 1889-1940.