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1. Mss Eur F729

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729
Title:
Transcripts of interviews with former Indian soldiers who served in World War One and World War Two
Scope & Content:
The interviews were carried out by the American historian DeWitt Ellinwood (1923-2012) and a team of researchers as part of a historical survey of Indian soldiers, both officers and sepoys, who served in the Indian Army during some part of the period 1914-1939
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1986
Extent:
5 boxes

2. Mss Eur F729/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1
Title:
Summaries and notes on interviews with former Indian soldiers by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood, Department of History, State University of New York at Albany
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1986
Extent:
31 files

3. Mss Eur F729/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/1
Title:
Summary of an interview with Pt. H N Kunzru, President, Board of Governors, Indian School International Studies
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 13th March 1967. During the First World War, H N Kunzru worked for the Servants of India Society in United Provinces, and travelled round the Province speaking in support of the Congress-League scheme of 1916 [Lucknow Pact].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1967
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

4. Mss Eur F729/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/2
Title:
Summary of an interview with Dr Professor K M B Sastry, historian, Bangalore
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 14th February 1970
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

5. Mss Eur F729/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/3
Title:
Summary of an interview with Brigadier C B Ponnappa
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 15th February 1970
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

6. Mss Eur F729/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/4
Title:
Summary of an interview with Colonel Bedi, Bangalore
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 15th February 1970. Bedi was one of the second group of Indians to go to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1919, and the summary mostly concerns his experiences of being there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

7. Mss Eur F729/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/5
Title:
Summary of an interview with Brigadier General S P Bhatia, Indian Medical Service (Retired), Bangalore
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 16th February 1970. S P Bhatia joined the Indian Medical Service in 1917, and served in Mesopotamia and Palestine during the First World War. Prior to 1917, he had served as a surgical dresser on a hospital ship travelling between France and England.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

8. Mss Eur F729/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/6
Title:
Notes from conservations with General Kodandera M Cariappa (1899-1993), former Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army
Scope & Content:
The conservations with Dr DeWitt Ellinwood took place on the 17th and 18th February 1970
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

9. Mss Eur F729/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/7
Title:
Summary of an interview with Major General M G Bhandari, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 20th February 1970. M G Bhandari joined the Indian Medical Service around 1914, and was sent to France. During the First World War, he first served on a hospital ship travelling between France and England, before being sent to hospitals in France, and then to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1970
Extent:
1 file

10. Mss Eur F729/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F729/1/8
Title:
Handwritten note on a talk with Bal Ram Nanda (1917-2010), Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Scope & Content:
Interviewed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood on 3rd March 1970. The notes describe the conversation Ellinwood had with B R Nanda on the way Indians viewed Britain after the Second World War, and also on the role of the Nehrus and Gandhi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1970
Extent:
1 folio

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