Recollections kept by Walter White (1841-1917), Petty Officer, HMS SCOUT, for a voyage to the East Indies, China and involvement in the Indian Mutiny.

Recollections kept by Walter White, front cover missing, account beginning 'the street of everlasting prosperity [Tiru Tsui]' in China, 'a night in Shanghai City' a personal account; 'theatre on board ship'; 'the fight at Ningpo'; 'New Years Day in China'; 'How I lost my boat'; 'The first fight at Taku Forts'; 'A hot half-hour with a Malay Pirate'; 'crossing the line'; 'the fight at Canton'; 'the murder of the Bullock'; 'the second fight at Taku Forts'; 'how he went on shore for a holiday and had a fight instead'; 'the cook and the Cochin cock'; 'A burial at sea'; 'General Quarter at Sea.' No dates included but is White's manuscript account of his time in the Navy, circa 1859 t0 1864.

Administrative / biographical background
Walter White was born in Dorking in 1841 and died in 1917. Entered the Royal Navy as a petty officer joining HMS SCOUT on 14 June 1859. During her commission he served in the Second China War and the suppression of the Indian Mutiny being wounded during the latter conflict. He was promoted to petty officer 1st Class in 1863. When SCOUT was paid off in 1864, White left the Navy and returned to his home town of Dorking. He wrote as manuscript account of his time in the Royal Navy, dying in about 1912. Also see ZBA1626, a lead bullet extracted from the leg of PO Walter White after brief skirmish with "Budmashes" during the march on Lucknow, India 1857. Mounted on card with typed inscription. Also see ZBA1627 a miniature oil painting (framed) depicting the broadside view of 'H.M.S. Scout', by Walter White (1841-1917). The painting is framed and glazed.