GB 0102 MS 380001 - Burma Regiment: Chin Hills Battalion

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Reference code

GB 0102 MS 380001

Title

Burma Regiment: Chin Hills Battalion

Date(s)

  • [1897-1947] (Creation)

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1 volume

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Biographical history

The Chin Hills Battalion was formed in 1894.

Archival history

GB 0102 MS 380001 [1897-1947] Collection (fonds) 1 volume British Army , Burma Regiment , Chin Hills Battalion

The Chin Hills Battalion was formed in 1894.

Presented in 1978.

Typescript account, undated, of the Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Regiment, British Army, over the period 1894-1947, comprising reports written by various officers [1897-1947], including accounts of operations and some lists of personnel. The section for the period 1894-1897 was not written at the time, but compiled in 1897 or 1898 from various sources.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Database.

The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, holds typescript histories of the Chin Hills Battalion written by Lt Col Alleyn Cardwell Moore (Ref: Moore). The British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections, contain relevant material among the India Office records.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jul 2002 Armed forces Army personnel British Army Burma Regiment , Chin Hills Battalion Colonial countries International relations Military organizations Myanmar Organizations Political systems South East Asia State security

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented in 1978.

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Scope and content

Typescript account, undated, of the Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Regiment, British Army, over the period 1894-1947, comprising reports written by various officers [1897-1947], including accounts of operations and some lists of personnel. The section for the period 1894-1897 was not written at the time, but compiled in 1897 or 1898 from various sources.

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, holds typescript histories of the Chin Hills Battalion written by Lt Col Alleyn Cardwell Moore (Ref: Moore). The British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections, contain relevant material among the India Office records.

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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