Item Details
| Call Number: | MS Gen 532/26 |
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| Date of Creation: | 1915 |
| Place of Creation: | Swindon |
| Level of Description: | Item
Part of MS Gen 532 |
| Content: | Letter from Francis MacCunn to his Mother. 6th Camerons, Chiseldon, Nr Swindon, 15 May 1915 1915 written by another hand. Gazette arrived-now have 'three stars and two stripes'. Major MacKenzie not sufficiently strong to be in command. Cameron commander of No. 5 Platoon 'ideal officer'. No.7 Sir Archibald Ava Campbell 'extraordinary chap'. No.8 has Wilson who was a Sergeant in No.5. |
| Physical Description: | 1 folded sheet |
| Access: | Normal conditions |
| Language: | English |
| Material Type: | Letter |
| Accession Number: | 4178 See details of how this material was acquired |
| Repository Code: | GB 0247 |
Names associated with this item:
| author: | Francis John MacCunn 1888-1915 Born in Liverpool. Son of John MacCunn and Florence Anne Sellar (d 1939). A cousin of the composer Hamish MacCunn. Studied at the University of Oxford. Assistant, … |
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| recipient: | Florence Anne MacCunn d. 1939 Née Sellar. Daughter of Professor W Y Sellar. Wife of John MacCunn. Mother of Francis John MacCunn. |
| subject: | Donald Cameron fl.1914 Of K.E.H. |
| subject: | Sir Archibald Augustus Ava Campbell 1879-1916 [See: Who was who] |
| subject: | Mackenzie fl.1914 Major. |
| subject: | Wilson fl.1915 Sergeant, 6th Battalion Cameron Highlanders. |