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Mss Eur F188
- Record Id:
- 032-002321794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002321794
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00003b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F188
- Title:
- Papers of Capt Harold Hans Marshall Spink (1887-1958), Public Works Department Bombay 1911-23, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1914-21, including diary, maps and correspondence relating to the siege of Kut al-Amarah (1916) and his experience as a Turkish prisoner of war
- Scope & Content:
- Papers of Capt Harold Hans Marshall Spink (1887-1958), Public Works Department, Bombay 1911-23, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1914-21, including diary, maps and correspondence relating to the siege of Kut al-Amarah and his subsequent imprisonment by the Turks.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002321794", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F188: Papers of Capt Harold Hans Marshall Spink (1887-1958), Public Works Department Bombay 1911-23, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1914-21,…" },{ "id" : "040-002321795", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/1: Letters home to his parents and sisters from India and later from the prisoner of war camps in Turkey" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321796", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/2: Diary and note books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321797", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/3: Parliamentary Report on the treatment of British prisoners of war in Turkey (2 copies)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321798", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/4: Postcards of Kut al-Amarah and Constantinople" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321799", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/5: Memories of siege of Kut al-Amarah , written for the Daily Mail, includes maps" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321800", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/6: Central Prisoner of War Committee information regarding food parcels Dated as: 1918; nd" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321801", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/7: Prisoner of War activities and meteorological observations at Yozgad, Turkey" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321802", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/8: Yozgad, Broussa and Constantinople prisoner of war magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321803", "parent" : "032-002321794", "text" : "Mss Eur F188/9: Miscellaneous" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002321794
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F188/1 : Letters home to his parents and sisters from India and later from the prisoner of war camps in Turkey
Mss Eur F188/2 : Diary and note books
Mss Eur F188/3 : Parliamentary Report on the treatment of British prisoners of war in Turkey (2 copies)
Mss Eur F188/4 : Postcards of Kut al-Amarah and Constantinople
Mss Eur F188/5 : Memories of siege of Kut al-Amarah , written for the Daily Mail, includes maps
Mss Eur F188/6 : Central Prisoner of War Committee information regarding food parcels Dated as: 1918; nd
Mss Eur F188/7 : Prisoner of War activities and meteorological observations at Yozgad, Turkey
Mss Eur F188/8 : Yozgad, Broussa and Constantinople prisoner of war magazine
Mss Eur F188/9 : Miscellaneous
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- 032-002321794
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 9 Items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1914
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 1914-1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 1980-81
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of Bombay, Public Works Department, 1857-1947
Indian Army, 1895-1947
Spink, Harold Hans Marshall, Captain
Townshend, Charles Vere Ferrers, Knight, army officer, 1861-1924 - Places:
- Baghdad, Asia
Istanbul, Turkey
Kut Al-Amarah, Middle East, Asia
Tigris River, Asia
Turkey, Middle East, Asia