Preston family collection. [1857-1945].

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Preston family collection. [1857-1945].

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The collection consists of two manuscripts:-- "The Fathers' Indian Mutiny Letters, 1857 - 1859" which consists of Xeroxed, typed transcripts of letters from J.H. Wyatt, writing from India, to his wife, Jane, "Jeanie" in Aberdeen. There are 77 letters plus a note: "Maude's Battery at the Relief of Lucknow 25 Set. 1857. By Lt. Col. M.E.S. Laws. OBE. M.C. R.A. (ret'd.) Taken from the R.A. Journal, July, 1953", 6 pp. The second is "Military Memories: Part I. First World War,1914-19; Part II. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Turkey, 1919-23; Part III. Royal Air Force, 1923-28; Part IV, Second World War 1938-1945 by W.F.A. Preston, Major late Royal Artillery, Newmarket, Ontario, 1965." 137 pp.

4 cm of textual records.

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Wyatt, Jane, 1912-

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Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles), 21st

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Preston, W. F. A. (William Forbes Amyas), 1896-1976.

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Great Britain. Army. Royal Horse Artillery. O Battery (The Rocket Troop)

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Preston, A.J.

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Preston family.

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Wyatt, James H., b. 1825.

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