Manuscript and typescript reports by Wheeler and others on Aden routes, with a sketch map of the area. The papers include Wheeler's report on the best road from Aden to Dthala for a force accompanied by artillery on wheels, with a covering letter to D.A.A.G., Aden, 13 November 1902, 22 pages. The other items include a diary and itinerary of Route Sanah to Dthala by the Wadi Tiban, Wadi Tabaghain and Sueda, 1-10 May 1905, 14 pages, and similar reports.
Reports on Aden routes
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 66
- Dates of Creation
- 1902-1905
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- .01 cubic metre(s) 1 volume paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Samuel Gerald de Courcy Wheeler was a Lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from H.G. Long, 1913.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
MSS 21
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 59.
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Additional Information
This collection level description was created by RAS.
Wheeler, Samuel Gerald de Courcy, fl 1902-1905, soldier