(Untitled), 09 Dec [1897]

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/86-87

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (4th Hussars [Bangalore] India) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his pleasure at being mentioned in dispatches [by Sir Bindon Blood]; his progress with his book ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"] ; Colonel [Howard] Mellis' promise that he should join the Imperial Service Transport Corps if there is a vacancy and a request that she should make an application for him to go to Egypt as an officer. Envelope present.

Dates

Creation: 09 Dec [1897]

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