Scope and Contents
Part of a book left incomplete on the author's death. The title, introduction, glossary and index were supplied by the author's daughter, Mrs Rosamond Griffin. The full title is 'From Aden ... to Quetta ... to Lahore ... to Delhi ... to Quetta: the peripatetic life of one army household between 1910 and 1917'. The memoir contains descriptions of train journeys in India and the accommodation, domestic arrangements and social amenities of army families in the early twentieth century.
Dates
- Creation: 1917
Creator
- Moore, Jack, 1905 - 1987 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Jack Moore (1905-1987) accompanied his father Herbert William Moore (b. 1876), a staff sergeant who was later commissioned in the Royal Artillery, to six different postings in Aden, Ireland and India in the seven years covered by this memoir.
Extent
.003 cubic metre(s) (1 folder) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
MSS 11c99M
Other Finding Aids
MSS Addenda, vol. I.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Rosamond Griffin, 17 November 1988.
General
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Originator(s)
Moore, Jack, 1905-1987
Geographic
- Adan (governate)
- Adan (inhabited place)
- Asia (continent)
- Baluchistan (province)
- British Isles (island group)
- Delhi (inhabited place)
- Europe (continent)
- India (nation)
- Ireland (island)
- Ireland (nation)
- Lahore (inhabited place)
- Pakistan (nation)
- Punjab (province)
- Quetta (inhabited place)
- South Yemen (region)
- Yemen (nation)
- Date
- 2003-09-12 16:04:13+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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