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PZ 5277/1939 'War - Offers of service in the event of -' [59r] (117/146)
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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(X 9723/132/505)
CLUB HOAD,
t IQ Q
KOTAGTHI
SOUTH IUDIA.
22nd June, 1939.
My deer Baggallay,
I sent you at the beginning of this eventful year a
little diary, and enclosed a few lines offering you my
heartiest good wishes for all the very best in 1939. I
hope these fetched up safely.
I think I mentioned that T contemplated coming home in
March when T would make it a point of calling and paying my
respects. Unfortunately, I had to change my plans, with
the result that I am still in India.
I daresay you know that when I gave up my post at Kerman
I came to India with the intention of obtaining some
employment, which so far, I am sorry to say, I have not
succeeded in doing. I attained the age for compulsory
retirement (55 years) in November last, and since then have
been wandering about different parts of India honing that
something would turn up.
I have now come to the conclusion that India is hopeless
and that there is nothing doing, and nothing to be gained by
remaining in this country. I am taking the liberty of
writing to ask whether you can very kindly do anything for
me in the way of helping me to get some sort of employment
in London, or nerhaps in one of the Colonies. The inactivity
of retirement is extremely boring and depressing and I feel
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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
- 59r:60v
- Author
- Lincoln, Cecil Henning
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