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Start Over People George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Place Egypt -- Antiquities. Form Correspondence Year 1869

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Sir John Grenfell Maxwell Papers, 1824-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
33 boxes and 18 linear feet
Abstract:
General Sir John Maxwell served in Egypt during the British Occupation, notably participating in the Battle at Omdurman during the reconquest of the Sudan, and in South Africa during the Boer War. In World War I Maxwell returned to Egypt to defend the Suez Canal and briefly served in Ireland after the Sinn Fein Rebellion. Consists of Maxwell's diaries, correspondence, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, printed matter and newspaper clippings.

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