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- Created 1885 (Creation)
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1 microfilm reel
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Born 1860; service in Ireland, 1884-1885; served as Farrier Sgt, 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1885; service in Suakin campaign, Sudan, 1885.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Pyle Created 1885 Collection (fonds) 1 microfilm reel
Born 1860; service in Ireland, 1884-1885; served as Farrier Sgt, 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1885; service in Suakin campaign, Sudan, 1885.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1975.
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.
1 microfilm reel
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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.
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Summary guide entry available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm
Sep 1999 Abdullah , Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Al-Sayid , 1844-1885 , Muslim religious leader , known as the Mahdi x Mahdi , The Armed forces British Army Colonial conflicts Colonial countries Diaries Documents East Africa Europe Information sources International relations Ireland Kingstown Literary forms and genres Literature Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Political systems Primary documents Prose Pyle , Richard E , b 1860 , Farrier Sgt State security Sudan Tofrek Western Europe
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1975.
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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.
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1 microfilm reel
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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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.
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- Latin
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Summary guide entry available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm
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