Word processed transcription of a letter dated 12 Apr 1917.
Written by Rev Harold Spooner from Kastamouri Camp, Turkey as a prisoner of war.
In it he describes to a Mr Beatson Bell the wounding, last hours and burial of 2/Lt Hugh Hamilton Arbuthnott, 67th Punjabis, killed during the Siege of Kut.
Associated with 2/Lt Hugh Hamilton Arbuthnott, 67th Punjabis written to his family from India and Mesopotamia between 9 Sep 1914 and 28 Nov 1915.
He was mortally wounded on 28 Dec 1915 whilst serving with the 67th Punjabis at the Siege of Kut.
Associated with the Siege of Kut, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918) 1915-1916.