NAM.1977-08-44-59

One of sixty-seven manuscript letters written to his parents by Maj John Francis Burn-Murdoch, Royal Dragoons, March 1894- April 1896. Complains about “a desperate week of full dress functions”, which “are not all over yet”. From a collection of documents relating to Maj Gen Sir John Francis Burn-Murdoch, 1894-1925. The letters were written whilst Burn-Murdoch commanded the Egyptian Cavalry as a Major in the Royal Dragoons. A detailed catalogue is available.