Hicks, W.

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 SAD[309]
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1860-1979, predominantly 1860-1883
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 0.5 box

Scope and Content

Diary notes, 1860 ; copies of letters to his family during the Anglo-Abyssinian war, 1868 ; letters to his wife from the Sudan, 1883 ; copies of official telegrams from Hicks

Administrative / Biographical History

Indian Army, 1849-1880 ; Egyptian Army, 1883  as commander-in-chief of troops in the Sudan

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Col. C. Mackenzie Smith, 1979 & 1983, & by M. Mackenzie Smith, 1987

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

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Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Bibliography

Hicks, William, The road to Shaykan: letters of General William Hicks Pasha written during the Sennar and Kordofan campaigns, 1883, ed. M.W. Daly (Durham, 1983)

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