Recollections copied 40 years later by Herbert G. White from the original by Walter White (1841-1917), Petty Officer, HMS SCOUT, for a voyage to the East Indies, China and involvement in the Indian Mutiny.

'Recollections of a Sailors Life in India, China, Japan, South America, Borneo, Sumatra etc' by Walter White, and copied from the original log by Herbert G. White [a Royal Engineer between 1915 and 1920]. Walter White adds that 'these recollections are written to amuse my children, and should they be perused by a stranger, the reader will kindly remember the object for which they are written, and refrain from criticism. They are also a simple record of facts, without romance or exaggeration.' This volume contains several photographs including one of Admiral Sir John Corbett who commanded the SCOUT in China; and also newspaper cuttings including some relating to the Peiho River Disaster. This is a copied version of Walter White's own manuscript account.

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.