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Mss Eur F226/2

Record Id:

040-002288501

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002288499

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d3

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100096710249.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F226/2

Title:

Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

Scope & Content:

The file is a memoir of the career of Major John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette, covering his service in the British Army and in India and the Persian Gulf.

The file consists of three parts. The first part is a draft of a short memoir entitled ‘Jack of all trades’, which recounts Bazalgette’s experience in the Indian Political Service. The memoir contains the following chapters, with additional chapters 9-18 listed but not included.

Chapter 1 Soldiering in India in the 1920s (ff 3-14)
Chapter 2 Transition to the Indian Political Service (ff 15-28)
Chapter 3 Many Moves… Training (ff 29-39)
Chapter 4 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38 (ff 40-52)
Chapter 5 The Early War Years (ff 53-72)
Chapter 6 The Frustrating Interlude (ff 73-81)
Chapter 7 The Most Wonderful Job in the World (ff 82-114)
Chapter 8 An End (ff 115-116)
Chapter 9 Start Again: Venezuela for Shell
Chapter 10 A Spell in England: Dr Barnardo’s Homes
Chapter 11 There and Back to India by Motor Caravan
Chapter 12 With Refugees in Turkey: 1963/68
Chapter 13 The House that Jack Built
Chapter 14 More Refugees in the Middle East
Chapter 15 Indian Refugees
Chapter 16 Earthquakes in Turkey
Chapter 17 Beirut
Chapter 18 Retirement.

The second part is a copy of Bazalgette’s published memoirs entitled ‘The Captains and the Kings Depart’. The memoir contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 Initiation (ff 123-128)
Chapter 2 Soldiering in England and China: 1926/28 (ff 129-133)
Chapter 3 Soldiering in India: 1928/32 (ff 134-139)
Chapter 4 The Indian Political Service (ff 140-146)
Chapter 5 Learning the Ropes (ff 147-151)
Chapter 6 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38 (ff 152-158)
Chapter 7 Palace Politics: 1940/43 (ff 158-168)
Chapter 8 A Policeman’s Lot (ff 168-172)
Chapter 9 Himalayan Paradise: 1944/47 (ff 173-186)
Chapter 10 End of an Empire: 1947 (ff 186-191).

The third part is another draft memoir entitled ‘Around the World for Sixty Years’. The memoir contains the following chapters, with additional chapters 4-10 listed but not included:

Chapter 1 The Formative Years (ff 196-217)
Chapter 2 Soldiering in England and China: 1926/28 (ff 218-237)
Chapter 3 Soldiering in India: 1929/32 (f 238) (unfinished)
Chapter 4 Transition to the Indian Political Service
Chapter 5 Many Moves, Training
Chapter 6 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38
Chapter 7 The Early War Years
Chapter 8 A Frustrating Interlude
Chapter 9 The Most Wonderful Job in the World
Chapter 10 An End
Chapter 11 Start Again: Venezuela for Shell (ff 240-274)
Chapter 12 A Spell in England: Dr Barnardo’s Homes (ff 275-323)
Chapter 13 There and Back to India by Motor Caravan (ff 324-387)
Chapter 14 With Refugees in Turkey: 1963/68 (ff 387-430)
Chapter 15 The House that Jack Built (ff 431-453)
Chapter 16 Indian Interlude (ff 454-460)
Chapter 17 More Refugees in the Middle East (ff 461-469)
Chapter 18 Earthquakes in Turkey (ff 470-523)
Chapter 19 Beirut (ff 524-546)
Chapter 20 Retirement (ff 546-550).

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002288499
040-002288501

Is part of:

Mss Eur F226 : Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives

Mss Eur F226/2 : Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

Hierarchy:

032-002288499[0002]/040-002288501

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F226

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

3 items (550 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d3

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1930

End Date:

1984

Date Range:

Mid 20th century-1984

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: this file consists of two physical folders and one physical volume. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of folder one (ff 1-117), continues through the volume (ff 118-193), and terminates at the last folio of the second folder (ff 194-550); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional mixed printed and written foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-16 and ff 194-550.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 123-192.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Bazalgette, John Evelyn Arnold, political officer in India, 1907-1992

Subjects:

Memoirs