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
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
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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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)