Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

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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 historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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 branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . 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 The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. (ff 15-28)
• Chapter 3 Many Moves… Training (ff 29-39)
• Chapter 4 The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : 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 The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. (ff 140-146)
• Chapter 5 Learning the Ropes (ff 147-151)
• Chapter 6 The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : 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 The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
• Chapter 5 Many Moves, Training
• Chapter 6 The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : 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).

Extent and format

3 items (550 folios)

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F226/2

History of this record

Date(s)

Mid 20th century-1984 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Memoirs

People & organisations

John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette

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