NAM.2001-07-492-4

Letter sent to Maj Power, Commandant Buffs Depot, from Brig Gen H J Elles, Commanding Tank Corps in the field, 4 Mar 1918. Letter relates to the restoration of the monument commemorating the bravery of Capt Matthew Latham during the Battle of Albuera. One of 14 items relating to Col Rowland Edward Power, 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and Commanding Officer 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and Southern Nigeria Regiment, 1893-1927. Col Power served in India, Relief of Chitral, 1895, and North West Frontier Campaigns of 1897-1898, Aden Hinterland, West Africa and World War One in South India and France. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Albuera, Battle of, 1811 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)