Would anyone have information on the role of the civil service sent to Mesopotamia WW1? I am specifically looking for my Grandfather's civil service records in Madras and believe he may have been sent to Mesopotamia in that capacity. He later transferred to the Forestry & Telegraph Departments in the mid to late 1900s. Alternatively, if anyone can provide the specific B/L catalogue reference would be of great help also. His name was JAMES GERALD HALL, father's name JAMES EDWARD HALL. Any advice & help appreciated. Cheers Linda

Hello List Linda, the only service records I am aware of are a set called IOR/V/12 Histories of Services ‎ (1875-1955), but possibly there could be others. The catalogue description says "This series includes records of service for overseas Indian Civil Service personnel and for other civil servants of gazetted rank". There is a section on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Apothecary, in connection with using these records to search for an Apothecary . However, I have not had anything to do with these records myself. I think a person needed to be reasonably senior to appear in these records, but I expect a person sent from India to Mesopotamia would meet this requirement. http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Apothecary#Service_Histories Cheers Maureen On 20/08/2015, at 6:23 AM, Mark Dimberline via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Would anyone have information on the role of the civil service sent to > Mesopotamia WW1? I am specifically looking for my Grandfather's civil > service records in Madras and believe he may have been sent to Mesopotamia > in that capacity. He later transferred to the Forestry & Telegraph > Departments in the mid to late 1900s. Alternatively, if anyone can provide > the specific B/L catalogue reference would be of great help also. His name > was JAMES GERALD HALL, father's name JAMES EDWARD HALL. Any advice & help > appreciated. > > Cheers > > Linda > > > > > > > >

Mark: The Indian civil Service - ICS - was the top service in India. Its members were recited from the famous public schools in England; they had to pass tough entry exams; hey were looked upon with awe in India and referred to colloquially as "the heaven born"! If your grandfather was a member of the ICS, his records should be available. They were the civilian rulers in India - judges, - tax collectors - etc and had a lot of authority. Moira Breen On Aug 19, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Mark Dimberline via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Would anyone have information on the role of the civil service sent to > Mesopotamia WW1? I am specifically looking for my Grandfather's civil > service records in Madras and believe he may have been sent to Mesopotamia > in that capacity. He later transferred to the Forestry & Telegraph > Departments in the mid to late 1900s. Alternatively, if anyone can provide > the specific B/L catalogue reference would be of great help also. His name > was JAMES GERALD HALL, father's name JAMES EDWARD HALL. Any advice & help > appreciated. > > > > Cheers > > Linda > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message