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Letter from James McBey to Leslie Jackson, BBC Televison Centre (Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force)

SenderSent by James McBey (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)

AssociatedAssociated with General Edmund Allenby (Brackenhurst, Nottinghamshire, England, 1861 - 1936)

AssociatedAssociated with Lowell Thomas (Woodington, Ohio, USA, 1892 - 1981)

Date1959

Object NameLetter

Mediumpaper and ink

ClassificationsMcBey

Dimensions26.8 × 21cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG009100.6

Keywords

About MeLetter from James McBey to Leslie Jackson from the BBC Televsion Centre dated 12 September 1959, in response to a telegram from Jackson requesting information about Lowell Thomas. McBey explains that he was not "a sharer in any of Lowell Thomas' adventures", however does discuss any time spent with Thomas. One such example is that Thomas frequently came to visit McBey at his house in Holland Park Avenue, London after World War One had ended.

At the bottom of the letter McBey has handwritten the following;

"P.S. I am sorry the information is so meagre, as requested by you I am treating the matter as confidential.

P.P.S. so far as I know, Lowell Thomas and I are the only survivors of those attached to the Press Camp. Handd Jeafres was running a pub about 1936 I think. Ivor. Buells?"

The letter was found inserted within A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force book (see ABDAG009100.1).

This object is part of an archive that belonged to Marguerite McBey. As a result of her generosity, Aberdeen Art Gallery holds the largest archive of James McBey's work, including prints, drawings, sketchbooks, oil paintings and memorabilia such as this letter.