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Madras regiments unpopular with officers. Hopes for Roberts' support for renumbering...

Catalogue reference: PRO 30/57/29/6-7

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This record is about the Madras regiments unpopular with officers. Hopes for Roberts' support for renumbering... dating from 1903 Mar 12-24; Apr 20 in the series Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
PRO 30/57/29/6-7
Date
1903 Mar 12-24; Apr 20
Description

Madras regiments unpopular with officers. Hopes for Roberts' support for renumbering scheme. Army in India unprepared for war: officers like babus; jobbery. Frontier railways; Afridis. Wants police to reorganise its armed men. Cavalry arms: merits/demerits of the lance, sword, short rifle. Baluchistan frontier. Suicide of General Macdonald. 3 letters

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Q 6-7
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6687375/

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PRO 30/57

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: PRO

Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts

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Within the series: PRO 30/57

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers

35 records

Within the piece: PRO 30/57/29

India: correspondence. Lord Kitchener to Lord Roberts. (Described at item level.)...

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