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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/13420| Title: | Handwritten letter from Major Gerald Bassett Scott of the Northern Warizistan Militia in Pakistan to his mother, Alice Blaine Scott describing in a successful engagement with a large enemy incursion into their territory from Khost. |
| Authors: | Scott, Gerald Bassett Farrell, Helen |
| Keywords: | Scott family Military history Pakistan Scott, Gerald Bassett British Empire |
| Issue Date: | 1-May-1919 |
| Description: | Handwritten letter in blue and black pen and ink on white paper over 4 pages from Major Gerald Bassett Scott of the Northern Warizistan Militia in Pakistan (born in Woodville House, Lucan), to his mother, Alice Blaine Scott who lived in Locksley, Shankill, Co. Dublin. It describes in great detail a successful engagement with a large enemy incursion into their territory from Khost, and includes a hand-drawn colour map of the region with geographic and army features marked. |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/13420 |
| Copyright: | Reproduced by kind permission of the Scott family. South Dublin Libraries do not own the reproduction rights to this image. If you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie. |
| Appears in Collections: | Published Items Woodville: Scott Family Collection |
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