Two typescript copies of a diary of a tour of India and Burma made in Oct-Dec 1938 by Lt-Col Anthony John Muirhead (1890-1939), Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India and Burma 1938-39. [See also Mss Eur D 0702].
Diaries of Mary Fitzgibbon (1813-62) and Sarah Ann Fitzgibbon (c1836-94), the second and third wives of Richmond Allen Fitzgibbon (c1805-71), veterinary surgeon, Madras Army 1824-61, later coffee planter; with probate of Sarah Ann's will.
Memoirs of Colonel Harry Ross, Indian Army 1892-1924
Scope & Content:
Memoirs, compiled 1928-38, by Col Harry Ross (1869-1938), Indian Army 1892-1924, including descriptions of military life on the North West Frontier, his war time experiences in Mesopotamia and life as Colonel Commandant of the Rangoon Brigade 1920-24; with photographs.
`In Search of Fun': undated memoir by Col Walter Edward Lionel Long (1884-1960), Indian Army 1911-37, Deputy Director of Ordnance Services 1934-37, describing his life and career in India and Burma.
Memoirs of Frank Siegfried Vernon Donnison (b 1898), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1922-46, Chief Secretary to the Government of Burma 1946, and his wife Ruth Seruya Donnison (nee Singer) (b 1900), describing their lives from early childhood to Donnison's retirement from Burma.
Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
`Bamboos and Partisans': memoir, written in 1969, by Maj Hamilton Simonds-Gooding (1912-2003), Indian Army 1933-48, describing regimental life in Hodson's Horse, and his experiences while serving with the Burma Rifle Levies 1943-44; also an operational map of Burma and India.
Campaign diary of Capt (later Lt-Col) Frederick Duncan Raikes (1848-1915), British Army 1868-71, Bombay Army from 1871, Burma Commission 1873-1901, Assistant and later Deputy Commissioner, Upper Burma 1886-88, relating to the pacification of Upper Burma following the Third Burmese War.
Memoirs with sketches, maps and letters, compiled in 1836, by Maj-Gen Thomas Murray (1781-1846), Bengal Army 1801-46, on his service in India and various parts of South East Asia 1801-29, including accounts of Arakan and the first Burmese War 1824-26; also journal of trip from Almora to Calcutta ...