| Places | |
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| Accession Number | PR84/027 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 11 items |
| Object type | Papers, Photograph |
| Maker |
Giles, Lancelot |
| Date made | 1900-1971 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 749/081/029 |
| Conflict |
China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) |
| 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. |
Giles, Lancelot (Student Interpreter, British Consular Service)
Description
Personal papers and diary written in letter form to his father, detailing the defence of the foreign legations in Peking. Book review of Giles' 'The siege of the Peking legations'. Photographs published in newspapers in 1900.
History / Summary
Lancelot Giles was appointed in 1899 as Student Interpreter in the British Consular Service and subsequently lived through the historic siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. His diary, written in letter form to his father, gives a graphic day by day account detailing the defence of the foreign legations in Peking from June-August 1900. It also includes sketches detailing the layout of British and other legations or diplomatic residences within the Imperial City.