Travel diary of John Headlam
Account of the Russian Revolution, March 1917
Letter from Major General Sir John Headlam to Geoffrey Wycliffe “Tuppy” Headlam:
CRUCK MEOLE HOUSE,
HANWOOD,
NR SHREWSBURY
25.5.19
My dear Tuppy
You asked me, when we were in town, to lend you my Russian diary. I haven’t forgotten, though I’ve been a long time hunting it out, & here it is. Let me have it back anytime.
May & the girls are all away at the sea & Eddie & I are keeping house with Madge’s daughter as“company”!
Yours affectly
John Headlam
Major General Sir John Headlam’s archives are to be found at the Imperial War Museum:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030021634
They include photographs taken during the period he describes in the travel diary:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205002990
Author: John Headlam
Reference: D/He 299
Where to find this: Durham County Record Office
Contributed by Daniel Hyatt | Norma Corner