Typescript extracts from diary of Capt (later Maj) Roland William Wrigley Grimshaw (b 1880), Indian Army 1900-23, describing his experiences with the Poona Horse in France and convalescence in England, during the early part of the First World War.
Copies of articles by Lt-Col Charles Robert Douglas Gray (b 1909), Indian Army 1932-47, on visits to India for regimental reunions with Skinner's Horse; article by Gray on `Hog-hunting: the forgotten sport' (1975); typescript copies of memoir (1894) by Skinner's granddaughter, Elizabeth Florence ...
Copies of letters to his parents from Godfrey Oates Mann (1829-1903), Mechanical Engineer and Agent on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway 1851-53, describing his journey to India and life there; also obituary to Mann.
`A Sojurn in British India 1928-35': copy of memoir, dated 1981, by Basil Sumerling describing his experiences in India, chiefly in the south, where he was employed as a commercial assistant by the Burma-Shell Oil Company.
Extract from the `Times of India', dated 25 Jun 1931, describing the Bombay Dinner Club, a political discussion group; with related correspondence dated 1981.
Copy of journals of Capt William Cunningham (1793-1837), Madras Army 1810-37; and of memorial, dated 1852, of his father-in-law Lt-Gen Andrew Hervey (1790-1862), Bengal Army 1805-62, complaining of having been passed over for a Brigade Command.
Copy of statement of service, 1805-35, of Capt Charles Swanston (b 1789), Madras Army 1804-33; and of diary, dated 1814, of his journey from Scutari to Baghdad carrying despatches from Britain for the Governor-General of Bengal.
Copies of two letters, dated 29 Dec 1859, from Col Keith Young (1806-62), Bengal Army 1823-62, Judge Advocate General 1854-62, to his wife Frances, and one dated 20 Dec 1859 to Young from William Joseph Allen (1812-88), Bengal Civil Service 1829-65.