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Object description
Papers relating to his police and military career (c1935 - 1966) covering his service with the Shanghai Municipal Police (c1935 - 1940), with 11th Sikh Regiment, Indian Army (1940 - 1947), including intelligence duties at HQ 7th Indian Division and with the British Staff Mission to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and in Burma and China with Force 136, and his transfer to the Royal Army Service Corps, British Army and duties in Malaya, Cyprus, Amman, Libya, Norway and Germany organising airlifts and supplies (1947 - c1960s), comprising: ts operation papers concerning air lifts and supplies to the Chinese Expeditionary Force (c1942) with ms transcripts of wireless messages from his Chinese counterparts; identity cards and driving permits; newspaper cuttings; ts testimonials from commanding officers describing in particular his achievements as 1 RASO in Cyprus supporting 16th Parachute Brigade in Jordan; correspondence relating to his receipt of the MBE and Nationalist China Order of Land, Sea and Air Forces; personal papers relating to his birth and death; a printed history of Air Despatch, 1916 - 1956; photographs showing scenes of life in India and Malaya; and related certificates.
Content description
Papers relating to his police and military career (c1935 - 1966) covering his service with the Shanghai Municipal Police (c1935 - 1940), with 11th Sikh Regiment, Indian Army (1940 - 1947), including intelligence duties at HQ 7th Indian Division and with the British Staff Mission to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and in Burma and China with Force 136, and his transfer to the Royal Army Service Corps, British Army and duties in Malaya, Cyprus, Amman, Libya, Norway and Germany organising airlifts and supplies (1947 - c1960s), comprising: ts operation papers concerning air lifts and supplies to the Chinese Expeditionary Force (c1942) with ms transcripts of wireless messages from his Chinese counterparts; identity cards and driving permits; newspaper cuttings; ts testimonials from commanding officers describing in particular his achievements as 1 RASO in Cyprus supporting 16th Parachute Brigade in Jordan; correspondence relating to his receipt of the MBE and Nationalist China Order of Land, Sea and Air Forces; personal papers relating to his birth and death; a printed history of Air Despatch, 1916 - 1956; photographs showing scenes of life in India and Malaya; and related certificates.
History note
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