Collection 269/74 Claim of Captains N.C. Nangle and P. Wood for travelling expenses incurred in attending funeral in Japan of late military attaché Lieutenant Colonel Boger.
Collection 269/230 Grant of honoria to Mr W.T. Everall and his staff employed on construction of bridges for military purposes on North West Frontier etc.
Collection 269/345 ‘Miscellaneous Questions: Refusal to allow an officer to publish an article on “Mesopotamia” on grounds that he should not be allowed to propagate political views with which Govt. does not agree’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the refusal of the War Office to permit a British officer, Major Edward Johnson Ross, to publish an article in the Morning Post. The article discusses British policy in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Ross offers his views on the state of Mesopotamia, argues again...
Collection 269/193 'Miscellaneous Questions. Anglo-Persian Agreement: Report of Military Commission. Loan of Officers.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials at the War Office and the India Office. It concerns a request for the loan of British Indian Army officers to the Persian [Iranian] Army, and the conditions of service offered to these officers. The file also contains a copy of the ‘Report of t...
Collection 269/138 'Estimated strength of Russian troops in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
This file contain tables showing the estimated strength of Russian troops at various locations in northern Persia [Iran] on 13 May 1914, 10 June 1914, and 8 July 1914. The tables are accompanied by notes describing increases and decreases in troops at specific locations and sources of informatio...