Diaries, 1900, 1905-1907

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Roundell Tristram Toke's personal narratives of his military service in China and Japan take the form of three bound commercial daily diaries and one disbound diary, housed in two custom boxes. A leather cigar case labeled with Toke's service history is also preserved along with the diaries.

The first volume dates from January through December 1900, and recounts Toke's service in China during the Boxer Rebellion. The other three daily diaries relate to his later service, describing his military and diplomatic activities in Japan in 1905, 1906, and 1907.

The diaries are accompanied by 146 loose photographs (including some duplicates), most of which were taken by him in this period, and described in a separate series in this collection guide.

Biographical / historical:
Roundell Tristram Toke served in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 19. Captain Toke then transferred to Japan, serving as a military attaché at the British Embassy in Tokyo, evidently tasked with serving as a military advisor to the Japanese with a particular emphasis on artillery matters. The signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902 and the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 led to increased cooperation between the Japanese and British military.

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