'A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947' [‎3r] (5/118)

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A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and 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. ( IPS 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. ), 1932-47. The memoir details:

• His childhood and education
• His service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43
• His service in the IPS 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. , 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Simla [Shimla], Agra, Rajkot, Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz and Bahrain
• His service in the IPS 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. , 1943-47, at Quetta, Mekran [Makran], Bahrain, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates] and Shiraz
• His career with the Colonial Service in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] and at the Colonial Office in London, 1948-51
• His career in the private sector, 1952-76.

Folios 56-58 contain photocopies of maps showing parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Gulf.

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1 file (57 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; 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: a typed pagination sequence is present between ff 6-55.

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English in Latin script

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