Foreign Office Research Note 5/79 on alleged activities of Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) in Afghanistan, while serving as Aircraftman Shaw with the RAF at Miranshah, Waziristan 1928-29.
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Foreign Office Research Note 5/79 on alleged activities of Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) in Afghanistan, while serving as Aircraftman Shaw with the RAF at Miranshah, Waziristan 1928-29.
Typescript copy of unexpurgated memoirs, completed c1813-14, of William Hickey (b 1749), attorney in India 1777-1808, describing his childhood, earlier voyages to India and elsewhere, life and career in India, and retirement in England up to 1809. [For published versions see `Memoirs' ed by Alfre...
Biographical notes by Rupert Shepherd, with photographs, on Theodore Beck (1859-99), Principal of the Mahommedan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh 1884-99, his sister Jessie Beck (1860-1936), Hon Secretary of the National Indian Association 1905-32, and other members of the family.
`Those Blue Remembered Hills': the memoirs of Lt-Col Hubert Boyd Hudson (b 1908), 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army 1932-48, including descriptions of service on the North-West Frontier, in Tibet as part of the British Escort Force and in North-East Assam and Italy during the Second World War.
Brigade and General Orders Book, Bombay, dated Jan 1784-Mar 1785, compiled in the Town Major's Office and containing orders relating to military administration including notices concerning appointments, postings, promotions, pay, and sentences of courts martial.
Copies of letters from Sgt James Crosson (1833-61), Bombay Artillery 1853-61, to his family, including references to military operations in the Bombay Presidency (Oct 1857) and Rajputana (May 1858).
Copy of letter from Sgt Christopher McGuiness (c1819-58), Bengal Army 1840-58, Department of Public Works, giving his views on the Bengal Sepoy and the causes of the Mutiny; also copy of letter, dated 29 Sep 1854, from his daughter to her cousin.
Copy of description, dated 4 Nov 1880, of the battle of Maiwand during the Second Afghan War 1878-80, by Capt (later Maj) Mosley Mayne (1845-1910), Bombay Army 1865-88.
Commission and Instructions, dated 12 Dec 1652, from the President and Council at Surat, to Nicholas Buckeridge for his proposed voyage to East Africa on the ship the `Assada Merchant'.