NAM.1978-07-25

Inventory description: Diaries and papers of Brig Gen Francis Maxwell VC CIE DSO, for the period 1897-1917 and one letter of 1933 from (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitcheners eldest brother, Henry Kitchener 2nd Earl. Comprising eighteen diaries and 27 assorted papers and letters. Collection covers his service as Aide-de-Camp to Lockhart and Kitchener, Military Secretary to Hardinge, time at Staff College and in Australia, war service on the NW Frontier of India, in the Boer War and on the Western Front in World War One. The Diaries cover day to day activities of his time on operations in South Africa, India and at the Western Front. The letters included are from the diaries and include a number of different documents such as letters from his relatives, telegrams and programmes Together with letters from 1905-1911 from Kitchener.Associated with India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898), India, North West Frontier, Kurram Valley Expedition (1898), Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).Also see 1974-02-31 for further material relating to Francis Maxwell within the Maxwell Family Collection.A detailed catalogue of the collection is available.