Correspondence File 8: September 1916-July 1917

Scope and Content

Correspondence from John Gordon Bennett and his wife Dorothy to his family. Correspondence from both of them up to November 1916 is from India (Medak and Coonoor). From December 1916 Bennett's correspondence is written whilst a YMCA chaplain during the Mesopotamia campaign of World War One whereas his wife's correspondence is written from India (Coonoor).

With cover sheet by Antony Bennett highlighting some letters and also comments on John Gordon Bennett's diary.

Arrangement

Chronological with files and letters numbered by a member of the Bennett family

Access Information

Open

Archivist's Note

Catalogued

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Copyright held by the Bennett family

Related Material

John Gordon Bennett's diary, for the period from 12 December 1916 to 16 May 1917, is held in MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1394.