July 2002 Star item

Russian Camp at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 1919.


Letter home from a British Army officer. Postmarked "Army Post Office SZ 25 (G.H.Q. L of C). Date in one line, 24mm. diameter. This handstamp was used at the Russian Camp between February and June 1919 only.

"...I am one of only a few officers administering the camp so oppertunities for leave are few...."

The camp was used at this time as a holding camp for refugees from south Russia.

Collection of Marcus Sherwood-Jenkins