Description
Object description
Three files of ms and ts papers relating to his career with the British and Indian Armies, July 1932 - March 1963, including: 12 ms letters (46pp) from Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, July 1932 - November 1948, commenting on the Indianisation of the Indian Army, an Indian Sandhurst, the progress of the Waziristan campaign (September 1937), the Cinque Ports AA Regiment (October 1940), his autobiographies ('Khaki and Gown' and 'In My Time'), Indian Independence, and family and regimental (59th Scinde Rifles) news; 5 ms and ts letters (16pp) from Field Marshal Lord Gort, December 1937 - January 1940, mentioning Gort's appointment as CIGS, Inskip's future prospects, the Waziristan campaign, reform of the Indian Army, rearmament, recruitment, politics, the Munich Agreement, German public opinion, the European situation, the Middle East, India's attitude to war; Neville Chamberlain, and Field Marshal Sir Claud Auchinleck; and miscellaneous papers relating to his service, notably an undated printed copy (1p) of Field Marshal Sir Claud Auchinleck's Farewell Message to all officers of the old Indian Army, undated press cuttings relating to Field Marshal Lord Gort and Brigadier Sir John Smyth, and a printed Special Battalion Order (1p), March 1963, appointing Major General Inskip as Honorary Colonel of the 1st Battalion (Scinde) The Frontier Force Regiment.
Content description
Three files of ms and ts papers relating to his career with the British and Indian Armies, July 1932 - March 1963, including: 12 ms letters (46pp) from Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, July 1932 - November 1948, commenting on the Indianisation of the Indian Army, an Indian Sandhurst, the progress of the Waziristan campaign (September 1937), the Cinque Ports AA Regiment (October 1940), his autobiographies ('Khaki and Gown' and 'In My Time'), Indian Independence, and family and regimental (59th Scinde Rifles) news; 5 ms and ts letters (16pp) from Field Marshal Lord Gort, December 1937 - January 1940, mentioning Gort's appointment as CIGS, Inskip's future prospects, the Waziristan campaign, reform of the Indian Army, rearmament, recruitment, politics, the Munich Agreement, German public opinion, the European situation, the Middle East, India's attitude to war; Neville Chamberlain, and Field Marshal Sir Claud Auchinleck; and miscellaneous papers relating to his service, notably an undated printed copy (1p) of Field Marshal Sir Claud Auchinleck's Farewell Message to all officers of the old Indian Army, undated press cuttings relating to Field Marshal Lord Gort and Brigadier Sir John Smyth, and a printed Special Battalion Order (1p), March 1963, appointing Major General Inskip as Honorary Colonel of the 1st Battalion (Scinde) The Frontier Force Regiment.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2001-03-29