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Name Royal Engineers, 1717- Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3474
Title:
Coll 28/69 ‘Irrigation Projects in Sth Persia. Reports by Major W. R. Morton R.E. inc. Suggestion of Sir L. Howarth’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to proposals for irrigation schemes in Persia [Iran], and specifically for the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] in the southwest of the country. The contents of the volume can be divided into two parts, as follows: Correspondence dated 1933-34 (ff 141-240) concerning a request made by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1933-23 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/662
Title:
‘File 28/1 K II Defence of oil field and refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and to a lesser extent, those operated by the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1942-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (287 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/663

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/663
Title:
‘File 28/1 K III Defence of oil field & refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition (‘oil denial’) of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and the subsequent abandonment of these de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1942-10 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/718
Title:
‘File 28/28-(i) Military requirements (purchases etc. for the army)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition of oil industry equipment and supplies from the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), for use by British military headquarters at Basra, Iraq (later referr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (305 folios)

5. IOR/X/14709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14709
Title:
HIND 608 Rangoon Town Plan
Scope & Content:
First edition, April 1945. A topographical map of Rangoon on three sheets, showing roads, railways, tracks, religious buildings and relief with contours. Legend and scale shown on sheet 1 only. Restricted. Prepared by direct enlargement of HIND 1036 Rangoon, three inches to one mile, third editio...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:
3 sheets

6. IOR/X/14710/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14710/4
Title:
Moulmein Sheet 2
Scope & Content:
Sheet 2 (southern) of a town plan of Moulmein, Burma, with contours. A table of annotations listing buildings and locations is on the right of the sheet. Enlarged from Moulmein Guide Map 4 inches to 1 mile, dated 1927, and revised from air photographs taken Oct. 1944 - Feb. 1945. HIND/SEA/1036. D...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 sheet

7. IOR/X/14751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14751
Title:
A Collection of Maps of India, Adjacent Countries and the Indian Ocean, previously owned by Enoch Powell, MP
Scope & Content:
This collection has 14 sheets, some of which are composites of individual sheets pasted to form contiguous areas of India and adjacent countries. The most recent printed date on the maps is 1946, the oldest is 1923. The manuscript additions on some maps are undated. The envelope associated with t...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 sheets and 1 envelope

8. Photo 353(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(42)
Title:
The late General Sir John Hudson K.C.B. and Headquarters Staff of the Indian Contingent at Suakin 1885. Photographer: Royal Engineers
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of army officers against a background of tents. Apart from Hudson, the only identified figure is James Howard Thornton (1834-1919), Indian Medical Service, Principal Medical Officer. Subjects = Indian Army; military (general); military campaigns Locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1885
Extent:
1 item

9. TRIG/49

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/49
Title:
Damascus - Aleppo Triangulation. Survey observations, diagrams, report and correspondence. Created by the 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers.
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following (original envelopes have been retained): 20 angle observation books numbered 1 to 20 dated 1918-19; also 1 envelope. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 angle observation book labelled 'Zebdani Intersected Points' dated 1919. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 envelope containing 9 pages of ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1919
Extent:

21 volumes, 38 pages, 1 map sheet, 1 folder and 3 envelopes

10. TRIG/50

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/50
Title:
Palestine and Syria Survey Records
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following folders, mostly compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers: 1 folder titled 'Auja Base'. Numbered '1'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1918. (CN 305; Cn 301 E(3)) 1 folder titled 'Rafa Base'. Numbered '2'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1917. (CN...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915-1937
Extent:

11 folders