Photocopies of selected official and private papers of William Warry (1854-1936), acting assistant Chinese secretary, Peking 1881-82, special service, Government of India from 1885, political officer, Bhamo, Mandalay and Shwegu 1887-89, adviser to the Chief Commissioner, Burma, on Chinese affairs...
Photocopy of manuscript diary and letterbook of Rev Leopold E Poynder (1818-1904), Chaplain in India 1847-66, covering his experiences during the mutiny and after; with a typed transcript of memoirs, transcribed c1887, of his experiences in Bareilly 1857.
Photocopy of memoir, written in the 1940s, by Col Sgt William Hugh Davies (1876-c1968), British Army 1894-1919, of his service in India 1897-1914, and documenting the major events in his life.
`Human Rights in Kashmir: Self-Determination and the Rule of Law': preliminary report of a mission from the International Commission of Jurists which visited Kashmir 16-30 Aug 1993. [Closed to Public Access]
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`Human Rights in Kashmir: Self-Determination and the Rule of Law': preliminary report of a mission from the International Commission of Jurists which visited Kashmir 16-30 Aug 1993. [Closed to Public Access]
Copies of four letters relating to Singapore from Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), East India Company servant 1795-1824, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16, Governor of Benkulen 1818-24, captor of Singapore 1819.
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Copies of four letters relating to Singapore from Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), East India Company servant 1795-1824, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16, Governor of Benkulen 1818-24, captor of Singapore 1819.
Typescript copy of memoir by Col Edward Pye Rich, Indian Army 1915 - 1946, of his service in Kurdistan, Iran 1941, added as a `flashback' to an account of service with the Control Commission Germany 1947 and 1951.
Letter, begun 27 Jun 1857 and completed 30 May 1858, from James Macansh (1813-58), Bengal Medical Service 1837-58, to his aunt describing his experiences during the Indian Mutiny.
`The Military Services of the Bene Israel of India and the Honours and Awards granted to them (1750-1918)': an analysis and compilation by Anthony N Pamm 1992; article by Pamm on `The Services of the Bene Israel of India' from `Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society', vol 33, no 4 (1994).
Photocopy of letter from Field Marshal Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883-1950), Viceroy of India 1943-47, mentioning that Kashmir ought to have gone to Pakistan possibly with some adjustments to the frontier on the south; and commenting on Liaquat Ali Khan.