- TITLE
- Cameron of Lochiel to Lady Hermione Cameron, 7 August 1914 (1 of 2)
- EXTERNAL ID
- GB232_CL_B_LETTER_002A
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 7 August 1914
- PERIOD
- 1910s
- SOURCE
- Lochaber Archive Centre
- ASSET ID
- 634
- KEYWORDS
- First World War
World War I
World War One

This letter was written by Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel at the Highland Club, Inverness, to Lady Hermione Cameron at Buchanan Castle, Drymen on 7 August 1914. The letter comprises two pages. The following is a transcript of the parts which relate to the war:
Just a line to say all is well. Not much to do yet but plenty ahead. I shall have a battalion 1200 strong to command. Rows of young fellows applying for Commissions.
Mrs Mackintosh is most anxious for you to come to Moy. But I shan't press you, just leave it to your own wishes in the matter. But don't do anything rash.
There are 25 German prisoners in the town caught off the coast with carriers & ships sailing up the firth with sick & wounded. No one knows what has happened. There is a huge hospital train waiting in the station, come up from Aberdeen. Now I must stop.
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