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Mss Eur B333/2

Record Id:

040-003251412

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002278185

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026880274.0x0000fe

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur B333/2

Title:

'Diary of the March of the 55th Field Battery R.A. from Ahmedabad to Saugor.'

Scope & Content:

Red half morocco bound album measuring 245x186mm, stamped 'Diary of the 55th Field Battery R.A.' in gilt on front cover, and with half-title reading 'Diary of the march of the 55th Field Battery R.A., from Ahmedabad to Saugor'. The volume is somewhat scuffed, with spine parly detached. The album contains a letterpress account in diary form of the march from Ahmadabad to Saugor (Sagar), with original prints mounted on the verso of each leaf, facing the text. Captions are written in ink beneath each print. From passing remarks in the text it is clear that most, if not all the photographs were taken by Captain Arthur Rice Knox.

The preface records that the 55th Field Battery received orders in early 1897 to exchange stations with the 10th Field Battery at Rawalpindi, but that these reliefs were cancelled owing to the 10th Field Battery's involvement in the frontier campaign. An amended scheme assigning the 55th Field Battery to Nowgong in October was also cancelled, but in early November orders were received to relieve the 3rd Field Battery at Saugor (Sagar). The battery, consisting of 118 men and six officers, marched out of Ahmadabad on 31 January 1898 and covered the 480 miles to Sagar in a little over six weeks, arriving on 20 March 1898.

Process = Albumen prints

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002278185
040-003251412

Is part of:

Mss Eur B333 : Percy Henry Enthoven papers.

Mss Eur B333/2 : Diary of the March of the 55th Field Battery R.A. from Ahmedabad to Saugor.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002278185[0001]/040-003251412

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

35 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1897

End Date:

1897

Date Range:

1897

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 51 mm x 51 mm to 150 mm x 100 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known