Animals--War use
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 30 December 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/30
Scope and Contents
Willoughby, who signs himself 'Middleton', thanks Ewart for sending him his paper. He comments on the retreat of the ponies belonging to the Ross Mountain Battery from the Dardanelles. He heard from the director of army remounts that when the Lovat scouts were dismounted all their mates were returned to Scotland and sold at various places.
Dates:
30 December 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton, 25 September 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/17
Scope and Contents
Willoughby, who signs himself 'Middleton', writes concerning his Highland ponies which went from him last year for the War. He reports that the ponies, now based in the Dardanelles, are all faring well, except the pony by Ewart's stallion, which has been killed by a shell. Willoughby is now breeding hunters from Highland ponies, using a thoroughbred horse 'Red Eagle'.
Dates:
25 September 1915