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Collection 5/56: ‘Terms of employment of officers lent for service under other Governments. Selection of British officers to organise Ottoman Gendarmerie in Asiatic Turkey. Proposals abandoned.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials of the Foreign Office, War Office, India Office, and other diplomatic and administrative staff, and from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador to Great Britain. It concerns proposals, subsequently suspended, for the appointment of British officers to ...
Collection 5/75: ‘Terms of Employment of Officers lent for service under other Governments. Conditions of service of British officers lent to the Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence from officials of the India Office and War Office, British diplomatic officials in Persia [Iran], and officials of the Government of Persia. The correspondence concerns the employment of British officers by the Persian Government, including pay, pensions, and te...
Collection 248/26 'Loan of an Indian Bn at Aden under the Imperial Govt. – Conditions of service &c'.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to conditions of service for units of the British Indian Army loaned to HM Government for service in Aden, in particular pay and allowances. Some of the correspondence also covers the Aden Protectorate Levies and Indian troops serving elsewhere, e.g. in...