Correspondence relating to Leslie Cecil Maygar, 1915-1918

Maygar, Leslie Cecil, VC, DSO, VD (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1868 - d.1917)

Places	Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, El Amara Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, El Arish Area, El Arish Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Beersheba Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Gaza Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Khan Yunis Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Suvla Bay Area
Accession Number	RCDIG0000888
Collection number	1DRL/0491
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	12
Object type	Letter
Physical description	27 Image/s captured
Maker	Maygar, Leslie Cecil McLaurin, Archibald McGibbon
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Egypt: Alexandria, Egypt: Cairo, Heliopolis, Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, El Arish Area, El Arish, Egypt: Suez Canal, Ferry Post, Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made	1915-1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, 8th Light Horse Regiment. This file consists of letters written by Maygar as well as letters of condolence written by others after his death. His initial letter describes the evacuation at Gallipoli and his subsequent transfer from 4 Light Horse Regiment to the command of 8 Light Horse Regiment. Maygar's letters then begin to detail the the first two battles for Gaza, in particular the substantial preparations for the second battle in April. He also describes the conditions of the Sinai and important events such as being awarded the Distinguished Service Order and his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. We learn from Lieutenant Colonel Archibald McGibbon McLaurin that Maygar died on 1 November 1917 due to wounds sustained at the Battle of Beersheba.
This file contains:
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Nell, Heliopolis, Cairo, 31 December 1915;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to his mother, Ferry Post, [Suez Canal], 20 April 1916;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, El Arish, [Sinai], 2 February 1917;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, El Arish, [Sinai], 18 February 1917;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, Palestine, 8 April 1917;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, Palestine, 25 May 1917;
Letter from [undecipherable] to Leslie Cecil Maygar, San Stefano, Egypt, 15 June 1917;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, Palestine, 8 July 1917;
Letter from Leslie Cecil Maygar to Edmund, Palestine, 29 August 1917;
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Archibald McGibbon McLaurin to the brother of Leslie Cecil Maygar, Palestine, 21 November 1917;
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Archibald McGibbon McLaurin to the brother of Leslie Cecil Maygar, Palestine, 25 May 1918;
Letter from [Aureile Cuduley], Killeen, Longwood, to Mrs Maygar, [5 March 1916].