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Letters from Major W S R Hodson to his family, 7 January- 31 December 1846
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Accession Number

NAM.1964-04-74-2-47

Description

Ms correspondence between Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson and his family and friends, 7 January- 31 December 1846, covering his time stationed in India with the 2nd Bengal Grenadiers and later 1st Bengal European Fusiliers. The letters include his eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Ferozeshah during 21-22 December in 1845, and Battle of Sobraon, 10th February, and Kashmir rebellion against Gulab Singh, as well as documenting his travels around India and Pakistan, including Lahore, Bareilly, Simla [Shimla] and Subathu, and his later role as companion of Colonel Sir Henry Lawrence. Other subjects include illness, supplies, travel and camping life. Associated with the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846)

Campaigns

1st Sikh War (1845-1846)

Events

Ferozeshah, Battle of, 1845 (1st Sikh War 1845-1846), Sobraon, Battle of, 1846 (1st Sikh War 1845-1846)

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