The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Personal papers and diary written in letter form to his father, detailing the defence of the foreign legations in Peking. Book review of Giles' 'The siege of the Peking legations'. Photographs published in newspapers in 1900.
Lancelot Giles was appointed in 1899 as Student Interpreter in the British Consular Service and subsequently lived through the historic siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. His diary, written in letter form to his father, gives a graphic day by day account detailing the defence of the foreign legations in Peking from June-August 1900. It also includes sketches detailing the layout of British and other legations or diplomatic residences within the Imperial City.
Ribbon bar comprising the Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George and a China Medal, 1900. Sewn onto a pin brooch and fitted in a small blue leatherette case with the two miniature me
Pair of miniature medals comprising the Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George and a China Medal, 1900, with the bar 'DEFENCE OF LEGATIONS'. Complete with ribbons and a brooch pin ba
China Medal 1900 with the clasps 'DEFENCE OF LEGATIONS'. The recipient's details are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IM
PEKING, CHINA. 1900. MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH LEGATION STUDENTS' CORPS READY TO HELP DEFEND THE LEGATION DURING THE SIEGE OF FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN THE BOXER REBELLION. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: HANCOCK, R
Buildings damaged by Boxer troops before the start of the Siege of Foreign Legations. Photograph appears on page 11 of the Lancelot Giles album. Image taken during Giles’s service as a student interp
Two sailors beside a barricade in Legation Street during the Siege of Foreign Legations by Boxer and government troops during the Boxer Rebellion. Photograph appears on page 10 of the Lancelot Giles a
