Manuscript letter dated 7 Dec 1914.
Sent by Lt William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service, 48th Pioneers at Basra, Mesopotamia to his sister (?), Eileen.
He reports being in hospital with a chill and some details of the Regiment and the fighting.
Collection of letters and journals of William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service, attached to the 48th Pioneers, mostly relating to the Mesopotamia Campaign, 1914-1916.
Includes information concerning the Siege of Kut and his experiences following his capture at Kut-al-Amara as a Prisoner of War, April 1915-1918.
Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).