Letter and envelope from the Prince of Wales’s secretary to Col S de B Edwardes commanding the 2nd Bombay Grenadiers in Aden regarding the prince’s impending visit and Edwardes’ request that his regiment adopt the prince’s name, dated HMS Serapis, 26 Oct 1875.
From a collection of letters and other papers of Gen Sir Stanley de Burgh Edwardes, Bombay Army, relating to the Abyssinian Campaign, 2nd Afghan War and news from his old regiment, 102nd King Edward’s Own Bombay Grenadiers, 1868-1914.
Associated with Abyssinia (1867-1969), 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and World War One, East Africa (1914-1918).