Comments on: The Younghusband Expedition (1903-1904) http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/ Discussion on Tibetan Issues Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:25:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bryan Thomas http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/#comment-5310 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:34:14 +0000 http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-5310 My Grandfather was with the horse drawn artillery in this expedition. He left England aa a Bombardier but don’t know what rank he was when this campaign ended. Charles Main.

]]> By: Edward John Deith--( De'ath) http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/#comment-2145 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:59:34 +0000 http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-2145 A very enlighting article for me, My grandfather Sgt Edward Charles De’ath MM was a young Heliograph operator on this expedition and his Regiment was the East Surrey’s, I hold his Campaign medal and his MM to this present day.

]]> By: Matthew Doye http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/#comment-749 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:58:55 +0000 http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-749 Very interesting to read as my great grandfather was a sergeant in the British Army on that expedition.

]]> By: Captain Cecil Mainprise http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/#comment-696 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:53:10 +0000 http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-696 With the Field Force to Lahsa 1903-04

In 1903, Captain Cecil Mainprise, a 30 year old Doctor in the recently formed Royal Army Medical Corps, accompanied General Sir Francis Younghusband’s expedition to Tibet. He was in charge of a British Field Hospital and recorded his experiences in about 50 letters home to his sister Delia and brother Bertie.

They have been transcribed and posted by his great nephew Jonathan Buckley and from 26 November 2008, they are being published on the exact dates they were were sent some 105 years ago. http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com

The first letter is sent from the Rajput Mess, Alipore Calcutta on 18 November 1903. Thereafter 44 letters trace the expedition’s progress across the Talap Pass, into the Chumbi Valley, and on through Phari, Tuna (including a report of the massacre), Gyantse, Karola and then Lahsa. Another half dozen letters record the return.

After Tibet he served in India and then in France during the First World War, being twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO. He saw further active service in Salonika, Bulgaria and Afghanistan before returning to England. He was Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College from 1924 to 1926 when he retired with the rank of Major-General.

The first letter is sent from the Rajput Mess, Alipore Calcutta on 18 November 1903. Thereafter 44 letters trace the expedition’s progress across the Talap Pass, into the Chumbi Valley, and on through Phari, Tuna (including a report of the massacre), Gyantse, Karola and then Lahsa.

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