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1. IOR/R/15/2/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/734
Title:
‘File 28/39 Emergency Commissions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to emergency military commission (also referred to as the King’s Emergency Commission), and applications made by employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Government of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-28 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/748
Title:
‘File 28/57 I Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) to undertake military service in time of war, and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1939-23 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/724
Title:
‘File 28/32 I Recruitment in Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to investigations into the prospect of recruiting large numbers of labourers from the Persian Gulf, for non-combatant military work in Basra, and later on, civilian (oil refinery) labour at Abadan. The principal correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1942-28 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/665
Title:
‘File 28/1 L II British personnel recruited as refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, discipline, and resignation of members of the Bahrain Special Defence Police, who were charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1942-7 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/674
Title:
‘File 28/1 W (Bahrain Defence) N.C.O. – ‘Iraq levy officer’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence related to the recruitment of NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) from Iraq, to serve in the Bahrain Special Police Force. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain, Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban and the Air Officer Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-19 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/664
Title:
‘File 28/1 L I BAPCO refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and copies of agreements, relating to the recruitment of a defence force in Bahrain, charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal correspondents in the file are the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1939-25 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/R/15/2/753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/753
Title:
‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-2 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)