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23321. Mss Eur F226/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/13
Title:
"NO MEDALS THIS TIME" by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE
Scope & Content:
This volume is a set of typewritten memoirs by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, a retired officer of the British Indian Army and the Indian Political Service. Hickinbotham held various positions in India and in the Middle East, and these memoirs recount stories from his time in Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982?
Extent:

1 volume (168 folios)

23322. Mss Eur F226/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/22
Title:
Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.
Scope & Content:
A memoir written by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey about his career in the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1927-47. The memoir details: His education, early career and reasons for joining the IPS A description of Baluchistan, where he served as Assistant Political Agent, 1929-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1957
Extent:

1 file (22 folios)

23323. Mss Eur F226/23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/23
Title:
A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947
Scope & Content:
A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1932-47. The memoir details: His childhood and education His service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43 His service in the IPS, 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Si...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1984
Extent:

1 file (57 folios)

23324. Mss Eur F226/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/26
Title:
Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service. The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Que...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:

1 file (59 folios)

23325. Mss Eur F226/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/28
Title:
THIM DAYS IS GONE
Scope & Content:
A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career in the Royal Artillery, Rajputana, Sialkot, Persia, North West Frontier Province, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and Kuwait. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1980
Extent:

1 file (124 folios)

23326. Mss Eur F226/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/30
Title:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR HERBERT TODD, C.I.E. 1893-1977
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of Sir Herbert Todd (1893-1985) of the Indian Political Service, later of the Iraq Petroleum Company. Written during the years 1976-78, the memoirs begin by recounting Todd's childhood on his family's farm in Kent, his education and entrance into the Home Civil Service in 1912, and his e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1978
Extent:

1 file (247 folios)

23327. Mss Eur F226/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/34
Title:
Memoirs of Meredith Worth
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of Meredith Worth (1905-93), beginning with a brief account of his education and his time in the Indian Civil Service in Bengal (1927-33), before going on to focus mainly on his career in the Indian Political Service (1933-47). The memoirs are typewritten with corrections and annotations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1981
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

23328. Mss Eur F231/25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/25
Title:
Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India and the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from India and Persia relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Sind, Tibet, Burma, Afghanistan, Bahawalpur, Kashmir, Pegu, Punjab, and Kabul, and to the Slave Trade. The date range gives the creation date of the summaries, but...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1855-15 Jun 1855
Extent:

1 file (116 folios)

23329. Mss Eur F231/25, ff 1-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 1-18
Title:
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1855, Numbers 4-6) and the Government of Bombay (31 January, Numbers 11-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

23330. Mss Eur F231/25, ff 19-64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 19-64
Title:
‘Secret Letters received March 20: 1855 by way of Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 February, Numbers 7-13) and the Government of Bombay (16 February, Numbers 14-17 and 19-20). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item (46 folios)

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