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Lent by B.E. Hyde-Smith
Indian Army 1853-1907

  1. Family tree written on fly sheet of family Bible.
  2. Statement of the Services of Major Edmund Davidson Smith (30 March 1874).
  3. Commissions of Edmund Davidson Smith:
    • as Ensign in the 95th Regiment of Foot from 22 April 1853.
    • as Lieutenant from 6 June 1854
    • as Captain from 5 June 1855
    • as Major of Infantry from 1 May 1866
    • as Fort Major and Adjutant, Jersey, from 16 January 1874.
  4. Letter of appointment to Bt. Lt. Colonel E.W. Smith to serve on Staff of the West Indies as Assistant Adjutant and Q.M. General, half pay, 18 April 1877.
  5. TS Reminiscences of Major-General E. Davidson Smith (of the 95th Foot): 1) The Crimea (9pp.), 2) The Indian Mutiny (6pp.)
  6. Photograph of the Jubilee of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1907. Levie of the Survivors by H.M. King Edward VII, 25 June 1907.