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Diary: The Army & Navy Letter Size Diary for 1899. At the beginning of the year, Lt Col J K Watson was at Atbara, moving on to Khartoum (5 Jan) and Omdurman (20 Jan). There are no entries for 2 Mar- 7 Mar, when he was in Cairo. He left Alexandria on the Bohemia on 10 Jun, there were no entries for 14 Jun- 2 Jul, when he was on leave in England. He returned to the Sudan on 28 Sep from Marseilles on the Britannoa, reaching Omdurman on 9 Oct. He went up-country with Horatio Herbert Kitchener on the campaign that resulted in the death of the Khalifa. On 21 Dec he and Kitchener left on HMS Isis, leaving Malta on the Duntocher Castle on 20 Dec for South Africa. From a collection of papers of Lt Col J K Watson, CMG CVO CBE, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Egyptian Army, 1889-1940. Associated with the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899).

2nd Sudan War (1895-1899)