One of thirty four manuscript letters and one photograph written between 7 May 1918 and 30 Nov 1919 by Lt Col Wilfred James Mitchell, and one whilst commanding the 2/124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry in Egypt and Palestine.
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).