Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Cairo [PRG 18/17/52] • Manuscript
Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Cairo
Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at the Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo. Ross speaks of flying to Baghdad in the morning with Generals Salmond[?] and Borton in the morning in his Hanley Page aeroplane, with plans to fly to Australia in the following two months. Also mentions attending a dance that night given by the Russian Grand Duke who killed Rasputin, and the Commander in Chief visiting Cairo.
Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Cairo
Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at the Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo. Ross speaks of flying to Baghdad in the morning with Generals Salmond[?] and Borton in the morning in his Hanley Page aeroplane, with plans to fly to Australia in the following two months. Also mentions attending a dance that night given by the Russian Grand Duke who killed Rasputin, and the Commander in Chief visiting Cairo.
Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Cairo
Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at the Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo. Ross speaks of flying to Baghdad in the morning with Generals Salmond[?] and Borton in the morning in his Hanley Page aeroplane, with plans to fly to Australia in the following two months. Also mentions attending a dance that night given by the Russian Grand Duke who killed Rasputin, and the Commander in Chief visiting Cairo.
Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Cairo
Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at the Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo. Ross speaks of flying to Baghdad in the morning with Generals Salmond[?] and Borton in the morning in his Hanley Page aeroplane, with plans to fly to Australia in the following two months. Also mentions attending a dance that night given by the Russian Grand Duke who killed Rasputin, and the Commander in Chief visiting Cairo.