diary, diary
Accession Number
NAM.1984-09-31-6
Description
Diary, 1856. Written by Col George Valentine Mundy, 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot. Containing entries for 1 Jan- 4 Jul, 1856. Written in a Lett's No 34 rough diary for 1855. The short entries include details of letters sent and received, and records events before Sevastopol, parades and other events which took place between the signing of peace and the evacuation of the Crimea. The 33rd left on 14 June aboard HMS London, and left Gibraltar on 4 July, the last entry in the book. Associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856).
Events
Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)
Associated collection