Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

Title:

Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

Creator:

Author: John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

Date:

1930/1984

Description:

Abstract: 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 ShellChapter 10 A Spell in England: Dr Barnardo’s HomesChapter 11 There and Back to India by Motor CaravanChapter 12 With Refugees in Turkey: 1963/68Chapter 13 The House that Jack BuiltChapter 14 More Refugees in the Middle EastChapter 15 Indian RefugeesChapter 16 Earthquakes in TurkeyChapter 17 BeirutChapter 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 ServiceChapter 5 Many Moves, TrainingChapter 6 The Persian Gulf: 1935/38Chapter 7 The Early War YearsChapter 8 A Frustrating InterludeChapter 9 The Most Wonderful Job in the WorldChapter 10 An EndChapter 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).Physical description: 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Memoirs

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d3_en
Mss Eur F226/2
Mss Eur F226/2

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