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1. Mss Eur F226

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226
Title:
Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives
Scope & Content:
Indian Political Service Collection: memoirs of some thirty-five former members of the Indian Political Service, or their wives, describing their experiences, chiefly in the period 1920-1947, as political officers in the Indian States, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, or the Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1947
Extent:
35 items

2. Mss Eur F226/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/7
Title:
Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service
Scope & Content:
This file contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of Sir John Richard Cotton's (b 1909) memoirs of his time in the Indian military and civil service. The memoirs, which were written when the author was 'in his seventy-fourth year', cover his time in the Indian Army, at Aden, Ethiopia, Attock...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983?
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

3. Mss Eur F226/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/13
Title:
"NO MEDALS THIS TIME" by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE
Scope & Content:
This volume is a set of typewritten memoirs by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, a retired officer of the British Indian Army and the Indian Political Service. Hickinbotham held various positions in India and in the Middle East, and these memoirs recount stories from his time in Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982?
Extent:

1 volume (168 folios)

4. Mss Eur F226/23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/23
Title:
A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947
Scope & Content:
A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1932-47. The memoir details: His childhood and education His service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43 His service in the IPS, 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Si...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1984
Extent:

1 file (57 folios)