MS 440 02
Reference code
MS 440 02
Title
Papers of Duncombe F. B. Buckley: Letters by Duncombe F. B. Buckley and others relating to the Crimean War
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Duncombe Frederick Batt Buckley, attended Eton (JEY 1844-1848), Captain in the Scots Guards, fought in the Crimean War, wounded at Alma, killed in the trenches before Sevastopol 6 September 1855.
Date
1851-1855
Extent & medium
31 items
Content description
Letters by and about Duncombe F. B. Buckley, an officer during the Crimean War, who was killed at Sevastopol in September 1855. The letters include a correspondence with his brother Alfred, a letter to his father dated 1851, letters by others about Duncombe's injury at the battle of Alma in 1854 and death a year later. Accompanied by five letters to Herbert Mildmay by soldiers at the Crimean War front.
Provenance
Acquired by purchase in 2011.
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