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Two nice documents from the British Raj period in India. Letters from the Mess president Capt. Davern of the 2nd Battalion 17th Leicestershire Regiment. to Bordeaux Wine merchant concerning wine orders for the Officers Mess, Mhow India.
The 2nd Battalion had a very strenuous period of service in India and Burma from 1874, being engaged in the many punitive expeditions and skirmishes against the Burmese. It returned home in 1890.
5th July 1877
Inside page, note from wine merchant: “1877 Mess Mhow 5 juillet Mess Committee 2/17th Regt. 30 juillet”
Nice embossed purple letterhead with a tiger. Above its head a banner with ‘HINDOSTAR’. Below it, number ‘XVII’ and banner ‘LEICESTERSHIRE’.
Paper watermarked ‘JOYNSON FIRST QUALITY’.
4 pages.
Horizontal folds. Rust spots
18 x 11.50 cm
10th October 1877
Davern, George William:
Cox & Co. were Army Agents based in London.
Nice embossed blue letterhead,
Inside page, note from wine merchant: “1877 Mess Committee 2/17th Regt. Mhow 19 Octobre 12 Novembre 15”
Paper watermarked ‘JOYNSON FIRST QUALITY’.
4 pages.
Horizontal folds. Rust spots
18 x 11.50 cm
Mhow Cantonment in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh is one of the oldest Cantonments in India.
The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both World War I and World War II…
The regiment was awarded the following battle honours:
Namur, 1695, Louisburg, Martinique, 1762, Havannah, Ghuznee, 1839, Khelat, Afghanistan 1839, Sevastopol, Ali Masjid, Afghanistan 1878–79, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa, 1899–1902
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