Letters from Reginald Orton (d 1835), surgeon's mate on the East Indiaman `Arniston' 1810, assistant surgeon and surgeon with H M 34th Regiment 1810-27, telling his family about life in India and his career prospects, and about his book `An Essay on the Epidemic Cholera of India' (Madras 1820; 2n...
Papers of Brig Charles Edward Gray, Indian Army, 3rd Gurhha Rifles, and Mrs Gray
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Letters from Brig Charles Edward Gray (1896-1966), Indian Army 1916-48, describing life as an officer with the 3rd Gurkha Rifles; also accounts by Mrs Ruby K Gray of her experiences as an Army wife 1922-47, and of her husband's escape from a prisoner of war camp in 1943.
Papers of Percy William Elliott [born Ahson Ali Khan] (1904-82), clerk and superintendent at the Lucknow Secretariat 1927-47; also an Indian flag said to be the first flown over the Lucknow Secretariat buildings after independence in 1947.
Diaries of Sidney William Cecil Dunlop (1914-84), Indian Civil Service, Madras 1937-47, describing his duties as an administrator, social life in Madras, and his impressions of the Indian landscape; also two albums of photographs taken in Madras during the 1940s.
Paper entitled `Chaos in Burma' by Rodney S Drake, manager of the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation and member of the Burma Legislative Assembly, commenting on the situation in Burma 1945-49.
Ten sets of memoirs and notes describing life in the Indian Police c1912-52, collected for use in the book `On honourable terms: the memoirs of some Indian police officers, 1915-1948' (London 1985) edited by Martin Goymour Wynne (1910-84), Indian Police 1929-47.
General Order, dated 8 Apr 1853, concerning the clothing and equipment for British Army regiments serving in India; also a note dated 15 Sep 1850 about the packs carried by the 9th Lancers.
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General Order, dated 8 Apr 1853, concerning the clothing and equipment for British Army regiments serving in India; also a note dated 15 Sep 1850 about the packs carried by the 9th Lancers.
Printed form for court martial proceedings in the Punjab for soldiers in East India Company service and the British Army, amended in manuscript for reprinting.
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Printed form for court martial proceedings in the Punjab for soldiers in East India Company service and the British Army, amended in manuscript for reprinting.
Typescript extracts from diary entitle 'Myself when Young', dated Oct-Dec 1933, and from letters, dated 11-17 Aug 1947, by Robert Evelyn Cooper Broadbent (b 1909), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1933-47, with explanatory notes and recollections of his life in India; also 'Memoir of my Indian Servic...
Papers of Maj (later Lt-Col) Charles Walter Campbell (1836-1920), Bengal Cavalry 1859-84, including family correspondence, and military documents, letters and diaries concerning Campbell's service with the Kurram Valley Field Force in Afghanistan 1879-80.