NAM.1971-01-3

Inventory description: Manuscript diaries and other papers relating to the service of Lt Col Henry Spencer Cardew, MC, 1/39th Garhwalis, as a Signals Officer with 34th Signal Company, 6th (Poona) Division in Mesopotamia, September 1915- April 1916 and his subsequent captivity after the capture at Kut al Amara; associated with the Battle of Es Sinn (1915), the Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) and the Siege of Kut (1915-1916), World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918) and World War One, POWs (1914-1918).