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Tape recording of interview, given 1976, by Leslie Cyril Frederick Robins (b 1907) on his experiences in India as an officer in the Indian Police 1928-48, serving mainly in the United Provinces.
Tape recordings by Col Mohammad Sharif Khan (b 1916), Indian Army 1937, describing his life on the North-West Frontier as a Lieutenant in the Tochi Scouts, in particular his being besieged in Datta Khel Fort by the Faqir of Ipi May-July 1942. See also related papers at Mss Eur T 179.
Tape recording, made c1975, by Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (1889-1978), Indian Civil Service 1913-17, Indian Political Service 1917-39, on special duty under Civil Commissioner of Occupied Territories, Mesopotamia 1917-19, recalling incidents of his life in India and Mesopotamia 1917-19; wit...
Tape recording of interview, given 1987, by Sir (Edward) Penderel Moon (1905-87), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43, served again in India 1946-c60, on aspects of British rule in India including race relations, the transfer of power, the Indian Civil Service, and the Indian Police; and on his ...
`Going Home': tape recording of BBC Radio Scotland programme by Trevor Royle, broadcast 3 Jun 1987, to mark 40th anniversary of transfer of power in India; also programme script, and full recordings of interviews with contributors giving their personal recollections of the transfer of power.
Tape recording of interview, given 1988, by Eleanor May Boult (nee Robinson) (b 1916), describing the life of a European girl (daughter of a British Army sergeant, later a railwayman), born in India and growing up as a member of the domiciled European community, whose first visit to England was i...
Tape recording of interview, given 1988, by Bernard Wilfred Budd (b 1912), on his career in the Indian Civil Service in Bombay 1935-38, Sind 1938-47, and in the Pakistan Administration Service 1947-51. [Transcript available].
Tape recording of interview, given 1989, by Brig Gordon Hutchinson Osmaston (b 1898), Royal Engineers 1916-21, Survey of India 1921-48, on his work for the Survey of India and impressions of life in India.
Tape recording of interview, given 1989, by Father William Kempson Lumley Webb, S J (b 1921), on his early life in India as the son of a domiciled British tea estate manager in the Duars, Jalpaiguri district, Bengal, and on his education at the Jesuit College of St Joseph's Darjeeling.