Abstract: The file consists of a report by Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Army Department on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, November 1919 to November 1921.It includes: command appointments; operations, with statistics for killed and wounded; and the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file consists of a report by Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Army Department on minor operations in North and North East Persia from 1917-21.It includes the East Persian Cordon and Meshed [Mashhad] Military Mission, with three appendices listing the units employed in North and East Persia during the period covered:Appendix A – Meshed Mission and East Persian Cordon, January 1918;Appendix B – Meshed Mission and East Persian Cordon, January 1919;Appendix C - East Persia Force and Line of Communications, February 1920.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises correspondence between the Military Attaché in China and the Commander-in-Chiefs in India and the Middle East as of March 1943. The mission starts from Chungking via Calcutta to Cairo. The mission was comprised of Major-General Hoo Hsien Chung, Major-General Lam Wai Ching, Colonel Lew Fang Chu and Major Hwang Hsu Piao. Hoo Hsien was the head of the Mission and Lam head of the Air Force. The Mission left Chungking for Calcutta by CNAC plane on 17 March 1943 and then left Calcutta on Sunday 21 March 1943.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio
Abstract: Handwritten note (with envelope) addressed to Colonel [Wilfrid] Malleson (of the Intelligence Branch, Indian Army Headquarters), written by the Commander-in-Chief in India, Horatio Herbert Kitchener. The note refers to the ‘state of the army’, and a disagreement between Kitchener and an individual referred to as Baker. Kitchener requests that Malleson see Baker ‘to if possible remove his doubts.’ The note also makes reference to another individual named Duff, probably referring to Beauchamp Duff, Chief of the General Staff (India) from March 1906 to September 1909. The note presumably refers to Kitchener’s reorganisation of the Indian Army, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief during the period 1902 to 1909.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)