NAM.2002-07-10-519

One of two pages of a manuscript letter to Mrs Anna Stirling who is staying with her sister in Bournemouth, from her nanny Mary Fleming who is in Exmouth with the Stirling children. Letter is accompanied by some scribbles by one of the children, 14 Apr 1876. From the Stirling family correspondence, comprising over 700 letters and envelopes, 1846 (c)-1881 (c). Majority of the letters are to or from Col William Stirling, later Gen Sir William Stirling, Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery. Associated with 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). In 1876 he and his wife Anna and their youngest children travelled to India where Col Stirling was a commanding officer in the Koorum Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-1880. Many of the letters have been sent between India and Britain, and internally in India between Col Stirling and his wife.