Sahib

by Richard Holmes

  Papers of:

  Spr Thomas Burford, Photo Mss Eur 283

  Cpl John Butterworth, Mss Eur D900

  Sgt Maj George Carter, Mss Eur E262

  Pte Charles Dearlove, Webb Mss Eur C278

  Gnr William Hurd Eggleston, Photo Mss Eur 257

  Sgt Richard Hardcastle, Photo Mss Eur 332

  Cpl Francis Newnham, Photo Mss Eur 361

  Conductor William Porter, Mss Eur G128

  Pte George Smith, Mss Eur C548

  Pte Joseph Turner, Mss Eur D1220

  Pte Robert Waterfield, Mss Eur 097

  Gnr Alfred Wilson, Photo Mss Eur 333

  Schoolmaster William Wonnacott, Mss Eur C376/2

  ‘Courts Martial of British Officers in India 1861-75’, L/Mil/5/674

  PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

  Col F. E. Cox, Royal Engineers

  Brig. John Pennycuick

  C. G. C. Stapylton, ‘The First Afghan War: An Ensign’s Account’.

  THESES

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  Wood, Stephen, ‘Movements for Temperance in the British Army 1835-1895’, University of London, 1984

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