papers
Accession Number
NAM.1958-03-39
Description
Inventory description: Papers relating to Lt Col G C Wheeler, VC, 2nd Bn 9th (Gurkha Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry, 1880-1938; comprising three identical photos of him, an extract from a book describing his winning of the Victoria Cross at the Tigris Crossing 1917, obituary from regimental magazine and obituary with photo from local newspaper; associated with the Battle of Shumran Bend, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918) 1917.
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