Diary: Iraq, 1916-1917
| Müellif | Hingston, R. W. G. (Richard William George), 1887-1966 |
| Materyal türü | Yazma eser |
| Dil | İngilizce |
| Kurum | Trinity College Dublin |
| Kaynak | Europeana |
| Not | IE TCD MS 10517 is R.W.G. Hingston’s paperback journal. Manuscript note on inside of front cover reads ‘RWG Hingston. Private Journal. From 17 October 1916 to 18 October 1917’. This journal is a continuation of IE TCD MS 10516. Hingston writes this journal while on military duty in Iraq. He travels from Nasiriyah to Basra and takes note of all natural history around him including Persian gazelles, wild geese, fish, ants, floods, river and altitude levels. From Basra Hingston travels along the River Tigris through Kut El Amara, Ctesiphon, Baghdad, Hinaidi and Karrada where the army made their summer camp. In September 1917 Hingston continued travelling through Fallujah, Medhij [sic] to Ramadi where a large scale fighting against the Turks and Arabs took place. Hingston describes the fighting and includes maps and sketches of military manoeuvres. 17 October 1916-18 October 1917 ; 139 folios. Continued by IE TCD MS 10518. |
Hingston, R. W. G. (Richard William George), 1887-1966, Diary: Iraq, 1916-1917, Trinity College Dublin, https://www.europeana.eu/item/706/_z3173r20s?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=mmurvess.