Photograph of letter, dated 9 Jun 1857, written shortly before her death by Emma Larkins, wife of Maj George Larkins (1807-57), Bengal Artillery, to her sister-in-law Henrietta Coffin, describing the plight of those trapped at Cawnpore during the siege, and giving farewell messages to her childre...
Copies of: (i) diaries (1919 and 1928) and memorabilia of Lt-Col Cyril Walter Montague Morris (b 1900), Indian Army 1919-47; (ii) diary, dated 1873-74, of an officer surveying the Naga Hills; (iii) appointment papers of Thomas Walter Morris, Indian Civil Service 1890-1925.
Circular letter, dated 14 Aug 1947, issued to all members of the Indian Medical Service by its Director General, on the dissolution of the service on that date.
`A Grandfather's Monologue': copy of memoir by Maj John Hawkins Auret (b 1914), Indian Army 1935-46, Indian Political Service 1946-47, including reminisceneces of his service in the Tochi Scouts on the North-West Frontier; also details of the career of his father Col Alan Sauer Auret, Indian Army...
Transcript of interview, given 1978, by Sir George Edmond Brackenbury Abell (1904-89), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1928-47, concerning Punjab politics in the 1930s and 1940s.
Copies of letters and papers of Pauline Cooke, wife of Maj George Humphrey Cooke, Indian Army 1923, Indian Political Service 1931-47, describing her impressions of India and her experiences when accompanying her husband on tour in North-West Frontier Province, Gilgit and elsewhere.
`The Lloyds of Harley Street': brief biographies by C R S Lloyd of members of his family, a number of whom served in India during the nineteenth century; also copy of diary, dated 1855-57, of Edmund Eyre Lloyd (1829-1904), Madras Medical Service 1855-85, describing his voyage to India, life in Ma...
`Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah'': copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reser...