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038-000228946 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Station Commander, Bahrain, Mid 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/739

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/739
Title:
‘File 28/44 Miscellaneous correspondence – Town Major’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence relating to the work of the Town Major (also referred to as the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf) Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) H T Hewitt. The file includes: various advance warnings from Hewitt of field gun exercises, artillery practice, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1942-10 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/656
Title:
‘File 28/1 E Defence Officer, Persian Gulf. Station Commander Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, particulars and activities of a Defence Officer for the Persian Gulf. Key correspondents in the file include the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban) and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1939-10 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/657
Title:
‘File 28/1 G Bahrain Special Police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the day-to-day organisation of the Bahrain Special Police, occasionally referred to as the Bahrain Defence Force, including arrangements for recruitment, training, pay, provisions, expenses, etc. The principal correspondents in the file are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1939-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)