Ross, Thomas Ewin (Private) and Ross, Roy Leigh (Corporal)

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Cairo Europe: France Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Fromelles Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	PR90/100
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1cm
Object type	Letter
Maker	Ross, Roy Leigh Ross, Thomas Ewen
Place made	Egypt: Cairo, Heliopolis, France
Date made	1915-1916
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM371 90/0406
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the service of 122 Private Thomas Ewin Ross, 14th Battalion, 1915 Egypt and Corporal Roy Leigh Ross, 59th Battalion, France, 1916.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of two letters. Ewin Ross writes to his elder brother just prior to embarkation for Gallipoli and describes in detail the so-called Battle of the Wozzer (Wazzir) in Cairo on Good Friday, 1915. Roy Ross's letter was written to his mother just prior to his death at Fromelles and describes journey from Egypt and scenery in France.