Manuscript letter dated 23 to 26 Dec 1914.
Written by Lt William Collis Spackman, Indian Medical Service, 48th Pioneers at Qurna, Mesopotamia, to his mother.
Describes the primitive conditions up country, a brush with the Arabs and Christmas arrangements.
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).