MS 440 02 01
Reference code
MS 440 02 01
Title
Papers of Duncombe F. B. Buckley: Letters of Duncombe F. B. Buckley to Alfred Buckley
Level
File
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.
Alfred Buckley, attended Eton (JEY 1843-1848), elder brother of Duncombe Buckley, was in the Admiralty and afterward Secretary to the Duke of Somerset.
Date
1854-1855
Extent & medium
17 items
Content description
17 ALS written by Duncombe Buckley to his brother Alfred 25 May 1854 - 9 August 1855 include descriptions of the camp before Sebastopol with a small drawing of his hut, the bureaucracy involved in obtaining provisions, his opinion on buying commissions, his lack of compensation for his war injury and lack of activity in the winter and spring of 1855.
Provenance
Acquired by purchase in 2011.
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