Diary: Lett's No 35 Colonial Rough Diary for 1892.
On 2 Feb Lt Col J K Watson was appointed to command the Darjeeling Coolie Corps and went with them on the Klang Klang and Tashon Columns into Manipur between February and April. On 21 May he reached Calcutta with them where they were paid off on the 27th. Returning to Burma he left Rangoon on HMS Canning for Bombay, sailing on HMS Malabar on 10 Nov for England, Portsmouth being reached on 4 Dec. Included are notes of letters written and cash accounts at the end of the volume.
From a collection of papers of Lt Col J K Watson, CMG CVO CBE, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Egyptian Army, 1889-1940.