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PZ 5277/1939 'War - Offers of service in the event of -' [52r] (103/146)
The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1939-5 Jul 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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November 13th.. 1939
1939
'7111 you please forgive me for not replying
to your first letter? I appreciate immensely your personal
interest and your second letter just received is most
encouraging. I will hold myself ready.
’7ith regard to your kind invitation to lunch,
if you care I could come up to London one day next week or
of course should e_y onts de. .and it anytime from now on.
There is one further point v/hich may interest
'you and the Government of India. x,.y friend Captain 3.1! .L.
Gavin of the Royal Engineers, who is at present training
recruits and with who I spent a climbing holiday in the
Alps this summer, expressed a great desire for similar
service. For this he has ver. special qualifications. He was
wireless officer of the 1935 x-iount Everest Expedition and
there is nothing that he does not know about field wireless
work on all waves as well as being expert at Morse. In particular
he has made a special study of wireless conditions in the
Himalayas which are very tricky and his experience on Everest
in this connection was invaluable because such conditions
need understanding and an ordinary wireless exp rt might have
much difficulty in working his set. Furthermore Gavin knows
all about the transport of apparatus over mountain us country
which is a so vitally impostant and the specially light and
portable types of apparatus suitable for the job. It may be
therefore that if there is any question of maintaining contact
with India he would be far more valuable for s. ch work than
merely training recruits as he is nor doing. Furthermore if
there was any question of a companion in connection with
services in the di strict, you mention it would be impossible to
have a better nani yShould you wish to get in touch ith
"him his address is:
Captain J.i. .L. Gavin
Royal Engineers
Napier Barracks
Shorncliff
RECd. POL. DEpr
1i NOV 1939
INDIA OFFICE
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
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The file contains correspondence relating to individuals offering their services, mainly to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. or the Foreign Office, in the event of war, and for war work after the outbreak of the Second World War.
It largely consists of correspondence between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the following:
- individuals applying for war work, including Bertram Thomas, Frank Symthe, Sir Evelyn Berkeley Howell, G W Carter, W R Ward, and C C L de Grenier
- the Foreign Office
- the Government of India, External Affairs Department
- the War Office.
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- 1 file (73 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/300
- Title
- PZ 5277/1939 'War - Offers of service in the event of -'
- Pages
- 32r:33v, 52r:52v, 66r:66v
- Author
- Smythe, Francis Sydney
- Copyright
- ©Credit Frank S. Smythe
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