http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/03/following-younghusband-to-lhasa/ The China History Group Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/03/following-younghusband-to-lhasa/comment-page-1/#comment-166432 Mark St Giles Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:41:56 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1217#comment-166432 My grandfather, Major Valentine Giles, RE was also on the Younghusband expedition. I have his medals including the campaign medal struck for the expedition. Do you know the excellent book by Perceval Landon,Lhasa an Account of the country and people of central Tibet? He was the Times correspondent who accompanied the expedition My grandfather, Major Valentine Giles, RE was also on the Younghusband expedition. I have his medals including the campaign medal struck for the expedition. Do you know the excellent book by Perceval Landon,Lhasa an Account of the country and people of central Tibet? He was the Times correspondent who accompanied the expedition

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/03/following-younghusband-to-lhasa/comment-page-1/#comment-154109 Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog Tue, 05 May 2009 11:26:51 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1217#comment-154109 [...] is doing a liveblog of the Tiananmen demonstrations for the 20th anniversary.  Liveblogs of the Younghusband Expedition and the Boxer Uprising are still going on. What will be [...] [...] is doing a liveblog of the Tiananmen demonstrations for the 20th anniversary.  Liveblogs of the Younghusband Expedition and the Boxer Uprising are still going on. What will be [...]

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/03/following-younghusband-to-lhasa/comment-page-1/#comment-149805 Field Force to Lhasa Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:38:06 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1217#comment-149805 [...] April 4th, 2009 Field Force to Lhasa 1903-04 Captain Cecil Mainprise accompanied General Sir Francis Younghusband's expedition to Tibet in 1903. He wrote 50 letters home which trace the expedition’s progress into Tibet. Read this insider's account on the day they were written some 105 years later. Final post is 18 November 2009. [Via] [...] [...] April 4th, 2009 Field Force to Lhasa 1903-04 Captain Cecil Mainprise accompanied General Sir Francis Younghusband’s expedition to Tibet in 1903. He wrote 50 letters home which trace the expedition’s progress into Tibet. Read this insider’s account on the day they were written some 105 years later. Final post is 18 November 2009. [Via] [...]

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