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Burma Regiment: Chin Hills Battalion

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380001

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Burma Regiment: Chin Hills Battalion

Date(s): [1897-1947]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): British Army | Burma Regiment | Chin Hills Battalion

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Chin Hills Battalion was formed in 1894.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Database.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented in 1978.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.