‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF PORTS, THE E.P. FORCE, S. PERSIA AND S.E. PERSIA AND ADEN ON THE 1st September 1921’

Content

This item contains strength returns from units of the Indian Army, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force in British India, as well as forces deployed in Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, and Aden, issued by the Adjutant-General in India.

The strength returns detail the number of personnel serving with military branches and individual units as of 1 September 1921, grouped under the following categories:

• ‘Regular Forces’
• ‘Auxiliary Force – India’
• ‘Military Police and Levies’
• ‘Imperial Service Troops’
• ‘Miscellaneous Units’
• ‘Departmental and Administrative Services’.

The returns are further divided into sub-categories such as: sanctioned and actual strength; British and Indian officers, other ranks, and followers; ‘Class I’ and ‘Class II’ personnel; ‘Active’, ‘Reserve’, and ‘Cadet’ personnel; and ‘Mounted’ and ‘Foot’ personnel.

The file was printed in Simla [Shimla] and is marked ‘SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS 1921’.

This file is bound in a volume with shelfmarks IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1254-1265.

Extent and format

1 file (39 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 285, and terminates at f 324, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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

IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1262

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Sep 1921 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military personnelMilitary administration

Places

Persian GulfPersiaAdenIndia

People & organisations

Indian Army, Adjutant General

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‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF PORTS, THE E.P. FORCE, S. PERSIA AND S.E. PERSIA AND ADEN ON THE 1st September 1921’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1262, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001435.0x0001d3> [accessed 3 April 2025]

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