| Places | |
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| Accession Number | PR03208 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 custom box: 26 x 5 x 20.5 cm |
| Object type | Letter, Diary |
| Maker |
British Army Weston, James |
| Place made | India, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | c1865-1875 |
| Access | Open |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Weston, James (Corporal, British Army)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 3618 Corporal James Weston, who served in the Crimean War with H Company, 2 Battalion, 46th Regiment of Foot. He later served in the Ionian Islands, and then in India from 1860 to 1868 when his regiment returned to England.
Collection consists of three letters to Weston's sister, Hannah Shelly, an account book, a personal notebook and a paper apparently relating to a Laying-up of Colours ceremony. Also included is an envelope in which Weston's Crimea Medal was stored prior to donation.
Two of the letters are written by Weston while the other is from the British Army regarding medals granted to Weston after his death (with envelope). The letters from Weston consist of a complete letter, written in 1873, from Fort Tregantle, England, and a fragmented incomplete letter from a military hospital in Devonport, England. The account book is titled 'Monthly settlements, clothing account and savings' bank account' and has entries from between 1866-69. The notebook contains illustrations, poems, transcribed orders, a roll of names and a 1865 record of stock for the regimental canteen. The document relating to the Laying-up of Colours ceremony is fragmented but complete and has a printed extract from the ceremony on the front and on the back is a handwritten description.