Four letter-books written for his wife amounting to a diary of the Mesopotamia campaign from Basra, January 1916 to Bombay, December 1918 with maps relating to same campaign.
J.D. Crowdy Collection
This material is held atMiddle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 165 0069
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1918
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Maj. J.D. Crowdy (d.1920)
Regular Indian Army Officer, 5th Ghurkha Rifles F.F. Military service, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1916-1918 in the Mesopotamia campaign as a staff officer. Killed in action on the North West Frontier in 1920.
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Archivist's Note
Fonds level description created by Clare Brown 19 Aug1998 and revised by Debbie Usher 14 Aug 2009