press cutting, press cutting
Accession Number

NAM.2009-06-3-37

Description

One of 26 press cuttings relating to the Mesopotamia Campaign and the 1/5th Buffs collected and annotated by Pte Jay, 1915 (c)-1916 (c). They range from reports of the fate of individual members of the unit to general articles about the campaign and its poor conditions. From the papers of Pte William Pryor Jay, C Coy 1/5th Bn Buffs (East Kent Regiment) compiled during service in India and with the Tigris Corps in Mesopotamia, 1915-1916. Pte Jay was killed in action on 15 Feb 1917 in Mesopotamia. Associated with the Battle of Shaik Saad, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918) 1916 and World War One, India (1914-1918).

Campaigns

World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)

Events

Sheikh Sa’ad, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918

Associated collection