NAM.2004-03-73-3-4

Copy of a letter from the Deputy Adjutant General to Col Charles Knight Pearson, 27 Jan 1877. Expressing thanks from the Duke of Cambridge on the evacuation of the troopship St Lawrence. From collection of copies 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).