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A manuscript letter from a British soldier, E. A. Perkins, present at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar Massacre of 1919 Amritsar, dated 16th April 1919
pencil on two sheets of squared paper from an Army signals notebook 218 x 150 mm.(2)
Footnotes
An eyewitness document to events surrounding the Amritsar Massacre of 13th April 1919 in which 379 people were killed and more than twelve hundred wounded when British troops opened fire on a crowd. E. A. Perkins was in the ranks of the Signals section of 1/25th Battalion, London Regiment, and his letter is addressed to a fellow-soldier who was away on leave at the time. The letter is written on sheets from an army signal pad, with the printed form overleaf.
For the full text of the letter please contact the Islamic and Indian Art department.
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