King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Summary Guide
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description world-wide. Only item numbers relevant to our specific
archive are included here.
- 3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT
- 3.1.1 Reference code: GB99 KCLMA Pyle
- 3.1.2 Title: PYLE, Farrier Sgt Richard E (b 1860)
- 3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: 1885
- 3.1.4 Level of description: collection level (single item)
- 3.1.5 Extent: 1 microfilm reel
- 3.2 CONTEXT
- 3.2.2 Biographical history: Born 1860; service in Ireland, 1884-1885; served as Farrier Sgt, 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1885; service in Suakin campaign, Sudan, 1885.
- 3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Presented to the Centre by the family in 1975.
- 3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
- 3.3.1 Scope and content: Microfilm copy of manuscript narrative diary by Pyle covering the voyage of two Sqns of 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers from Kingstown, Ireland, to the Sudan, and the subsequent Suakin campaign against Dervish forces commanded by the Mahdi (Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Al-Sayid Abdullah), 20 Feb-11 Apr 1885, including an account of the Battle of Tofrek, 22 Mar 1885.
- 3.3.4 Arrangement: 1 microfilm reel
- 3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE
- 3.4.2 Access: Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
- 3.4.3 Copyright: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
- 3.4.4 Language: English
- 3.4.6 Finding aids: Summary guide entry available on-line and in hard copy in the reading room.
- 3.6 NOTE AREA
- 3.6.1 Date of compilation: Sep 1999
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