On 14 April 2010 17:51, NEVILLE WILSON DE ROZE < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" > reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta > I'm not sure. > Would be interested in his story. > > Neville > > sorry no knowledge > Ron

Hi On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta I'm not sure.  Would be interested in his story. Neville ________________________________ From: ron howe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 7 March, 2010 2:23:32 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Wing Commander Bob Doe: wartime fighter ace | Times Online Obituary On 6 March 2010 22:26, John Feltham <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Ron, > > On 06/03/2010, at 11:35 AM, ron howe wrote: > > > > Thanks for that little story Ron. > > How did you come to be in the RIAF? > > Did you know Micky Blake he was flying Hurricanes in Burma. He said that he > too knew Bob Doe. > > Micky is an old boy of my school in India. He lives in Mt Kurangai ? to the > north of Sydney. > > > ooroo > > > > > born ,bred in india could not get into RAF as aircrew. My mother's people > were th ere for a couple of hundred years > I did not know Micky but have read of him ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello I'm posting my interests in case anyone else is researching my family names REYNOLDS, HOLDEN and WILLSTROP in India or Burma. One of my great grandmothers was, according to IGI, Christened Rebecca Adelaide Catherine Reynolds on 16 April 1871 in Jabalpur, West Bengal. Her parents were George Albert REYNOLDS and Louisa Mary Ann ?? Rebecca was known as Adelaide in the family. Adelaide had a younger brother, Albert Horatio REYNOLDS, born on 24 February 1873 and Christened on 18 April 1873 in West Bengal, India. There is a family story that says there was an elder brother George REYNOLDS but I cannot find any record of George's existence. George Albert REYNOLDS married a second time (I have not found Louisa's death but family stories confirm she died when Adelaide was young). The second marriage was to Charlotte NESBITT on 16 December 1878 in Hastings, West Bengal. Charlotte's father's name is William NESBITT; George Albert REYNOLDS father is Albert REYNOLDS. Adelaide Rebecca REYNOLDS married Henry HOLDEN according to the copy of the marriage certificate, on October 6 1886 in the Pro-Cathedral, Lahore. Henry was 21 years of age and his father's name was John. So Henry was born about 1865. I have only found one Henry HOLDEN - birth in 1865 with a father, John. If this is correct he was born in Manchester, Lancashire and his father was an auctioneer. Family stories have always put the HOLDEN family origins as Blackburn and not Manchester - although auctioneers/estate agents do feature in the stories! I have a photo of Adelaide with her husband, Henry, brother, Albert Horatio, and three of her children taken in 1894 when my grandmother, Mabel (Mabs) Lilian HOLDEN, was 1 year old. Mabs was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Mabs married Harvey WILLSTROP who was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. She remained in Poona (Pune) after my grandfather's death in 1946 until the 1960s when she returned to England. My great grandfather Henry HOLDEN died in Burma in 1920. He and Adelaide were on their way to retirement in Australia with their three younger children, John, Gwendoline and Rose. It is generally believed that the stop in Burma was to visit Adelaide's brother, Albert Horatio REYNOLDS. According to family stories Albert married a Burmese lady and there were lots of children. After Henry's death I have always understood from family stories that Adelaide continued on her journey in 1920 and lived in Melbourne, Australia until her death. A cousin of mine has been researching too and he believes that she remained with the three children in Burma for a further three years with her brother and his family. I am particularly keen to find out anything about Albert Horatio REYNOLDS, his wife or children in Burma or India. I have hit a brick wall in trying to find an older brother George REYNOLDS so anything on him would be good. I would like to be in touch with anyone researching any of the above names in India. Penny Willstrop Denby Kent England

Sunday, April 11, 2010 Tribute to 'Queen of Hills' Reviewed by Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu Whispering Deodars: Writings from Shimla Hills Ed. Minakshi Chaudhry. Rupa. Pages 255. Rs 295. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100411/spectrum/book2.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Mumbai as Bombay The Artful Pose exhibition, a collection of 19th and early 20th century portrait photographs at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, was a rich testimony to the multicultural history of the city. In tracing the evolution of Indian photography, it also told the story of erstwhile Bombay. 11/04/2010 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2010/04/11/stories/2010041150360800.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Snipped from http://ancestorsonboard.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/fishing-fleet-found-in-bt27-passenger-lists/ ''Fishing fleet'' found in BT27 passenger lists The attached image is the first page of the passenger list for the voyage of the Kaiser I Hind from London to Calcutta on 12th October 1893. The passenger list shows what appears to be part of a fishing fleet. There are no obvious fishermen on board, however, because this is a very special type of fishing fleet. All the people on this page are noted simply as being "ladies and gentlemen". Reading down the list of names, past Mrs Wright, Mrs Simpson, the infant and ayah (Indian nanny), you come to Miss Max, Miss Cowell, Miss Blyth, Miss Graham,a long sequence of unmarried women, down to Miss Sandys and Miss Good. This is the suspected "fleeting fleet": marriageable young women sailing out to India in search of eligible bachelors, preferably the so-called "heaven-born" serving in the Indian Civil Service or officers in the Army. The fleet sailed out from Britain in the autumn or early winter and spent the next few cooler Indian months socialising at the British clubs and angling for a groom. There was always a shortage of unattached British women in India, so the arrival of the fishing fleet was doubtless fondly awaited by sincere and ardent gentlemen ready to be affianced, not to mention by dastardly bounders who enjoyed toying with a lady's affections for the season. Unsuccessful women - the "returned empties" - re-embarked for Britain in the spring. ========= --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Thank you Arvind, I have had a look and still cannot identify her. If I emailed you the photo would you be able to put a name to her please. Many thanks Sue On 4 April 2010 15:42, Arvind Kolhatkar <[email protected]> wrote: > Sue, > > Please visit http://www.royalark.net/India/baroda6.htm > > You will find there that Sayajirao III had two wives: > Chimnabai, b. 1861, m. 1880, d. 1884 and Chimnabai II, b. 1872, m. 1885, d. > 1958. > > Chimnabai II would be the Maharani you are looking for. > > Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto. April 04, 2010. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/7564396/Wing-Commander-Lucian-Ercolani.html An India Link. ooroo

Greetings Listers, I'm trying to help a friend with research - an H. Kennedy employed at the Mercantile Bank in Calcutta in the 1930s - two sons, John & Ronald at La Martiniere. Any suggestions on the bank's employment file, etc. or a City Directory listing? Best Wishes, Dr. John Roberts

Claude Martin went on to found three colleges. La Martiniére College in Calcutta, La Martiniére College in Lucknow and La Martiniére College in Lyon in France. Don't miss the URL at the bottom... Extremely rare Engraving : PLAN of the Fort of BANGALORE from sights, without measurement -1792. Engraving of a plan of the Fort of Bangalore from sights without measurement by Claude Martin (1735-1800) published in London in 1792 after an earlier drawing also by Martin. In the late 18th century, the Muslim rulers Haidar Ali (r.1761-1782) and his son Tipu Sultan (r.1782-1799) fought numerous wars against the British over the control of Southern India. The fort at Bangalore was originally built out of mud by the founder of the city and Hindu ruler Kempe Gowda in the early 16th century and was reconstructed in stone by Haidar Ali in 1761. It was built in an unusual oval shape with eight gates, only one of which survives today. Bangalore fort was captured by Lord Cornwallis and his army on 21 March 1791. See also... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=174468&id=196174216674

beautiful! Megan S. Mills PHD 198 St Helen's Toronto CDA M6H 4A1 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:22:33 +0530 > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] One of the oldest Jewish Synagogues in India to be restored > > > 16/03/2010 > > http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/16/stories/2010031658412200.htm > > > --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Mr Ramanathan, thank you for that advice - yes I did get some information from them many years ago and it did take a long time. I tried to go there myself to research but one has to go through a rigmarole of getting permission from the Australian High Commission in Delhi etc etc....big headache...why? when I am a born Hyderabadi anyway and now an Aussie Citizen. I guess if one knows someone in there it may be easier. Kind Regards Kerry IF FORWARDING MY EMAILS PLEASE REMOVE ALL ATTACHED EMAIL ADDRESSES On 5 April 2010 16:10, Ramanathan Muthaiah <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr.Kerry, > > All the best wishes in your search. This is not to discourage you but just > to let you know about what I came to know from authentic and credible > sources : you may find the attitude of the TamilNadu Archives to be > lethargic and their response not forthcoming. > > -- > regards > Ramanathan > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Kerry Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Ramanathan, > > > > thank you for your email and links....I wonder if the Tamil Nadu Archives > > would have any further details about the Asylum and its inhabitants? > > Perhaps > > I should write to them and ask. > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Kerry > > > > IF FORWARDING MY EMAILS PLEASE REMOVE ALL ATTACHED EMAIL ADDRESSES > > > > > > On 2 April 2010 18:11, Ramanathan Muthaiah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Mr.Kerry, > > > > > > Yes, a Lunatic Asylum was started in Kilpauk (a locality in Chennai) in > > the > > > nineteenth century. This Lunatic Asylum was re-named as Mental Hospital > > by > > > 1925. This URL maybe of some help to you, there are few references to > > > Lunatic Asylum, > > > > > > > > > > > > http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2011/of_armenians_coffee_and_hospitals.html > > > > > > Apart from the Lunatic Asylum, there were separate asylums for males > and > > > females, you must also have heard about Lawrence Asylum Press [LAP]. Am > > not > > > sure if this would help in your search but this URL has details about > > such > > > asylums and the support they received from the then rulers and native > > > public. > > > > > > http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/madras/MadrasLotteries.html > > > > > > -- > > > regards > > > Ramanathan > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Kerry Edwards <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Folk, > > > > > > > > I am trying to work out where my grand-aunt Gertrude Millicent > Edwards > > B > > > 8 > > > > October 1875 Hyderabad, was sent to (somewhere in Madras?) to what > the > > > > family called a 'Lunatic Asylum'. Family tales say she sadly lost her > > > > marbles at the death of her brother. She obviously died there but I > do > > > not > > > > have any dates or any clues as to her death. > > > > > > > > Was there such a place in Madras or Vellore or somewhere near there? > > Any > > > > ideas where I can get this information? > > > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > > > > > Kerry > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > > without > > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

http://www.vl-site.org/india/history.html Unfortunately the link to Cathy Day's web site is now dead. ooroo

Dear Mr.Kerry, All the best wishes in your search. This is not to discourage you but just to let you know about what I came to know from authentic and credible sources : you may find the attitude of the TamilNadu Archives to be lethargic and their response not forthcoming. -- regards Ramanathan On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Kerry Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ramanathan, > > thank you for your email and links....I wonder if the Tamil Nadu Archives > would have any further details about the Asylum and its inhabitants? > Perhaps > I should write to them and ask. > > Kind Regards > > Kerry > > IF FORWARDING MY EMAILS PLEASE REMOVE ALL ATTACHED EMAIL ADDRESSES > > > On 2 April 2010 18:11, Ramanathan Muthaiah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Mr.Kerry, > > > > Yes, a Lunatic Asylum was started in Kilpauk (a locality in Chennai) in > the > > nineteenth century. This Lunatic Asylum was re-named as Mental Hospital > by > > 1925. This URL maybe of some help to you, there are few references to > > Lunatic Asylum, > > > > > > > http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2011/of_armenians_coffee_and_hospitals.html > > > > Apart from the Lunatic Asylum, there were separate asylums for males and > > females, you must also have heard about Lawrence Asylum Press [LAP]. Am > not > > sure if this would help in your search but this URL has details about > such > > asylums and the support they received from the then rulers and native > > public. > > > > http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/madras/MadrasLotteries.html > > > > -- > > regards > > Ramanathan > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Kerry Edwards <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Folk, > > > > > > I am trying to work out where my grand-aunt Gertrude Millicent Edwards > B > > 8 > > > October 1875 Hyderabad, was sent to (somewhere in Madras?) to what the > > > family called a 'Lunatic Asylum'. Family tales say she sadly lost her > > > marbles at the death of her brother. She obviously died there but I do > > not > > > have any dates or any clues as to her death. > > > > > > Was there such a place in Madras or Vellore or somewhere near there? > Any > > > ideas where I can get this information? > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > > > Kerry > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Norman wrote: > > Thank you to those who responded to my request as to how to find lists of > passengers travelling from India to UK in the 1920s. "Movinghere.org" > and "Find my Past" were both mentioned but I don't seem to be able to find > them on either. The latter seems to have only those travelling from the > UK. Can anyone help further by specifying whereabouts on these sites I > might find them? > I always forget which way round it is but FindMyPast was given the contract for one of the two series of Passenger Lists of Arrivals and Departures to & from the UK, and Ancestry the other. Try: www.ancestry.co.uk Hope this helps Good Hunting! Peter Bailey Chairman Families in British India Society www.fibis.org .

Other sources you might try include: http://wiki.fibis.org/ and http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm their 'Ships and Passenger Lists' It's a huge subject, and some indication of dates and ports of departure and arrival, ship's names (and their Official Number), etc., will help If you do find the name of any particular British ship, many of their original crew and passenger lists are archived at the Memorial University of Newfoundland http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/shipping.php These are the archives of the British Registrar of Ships and Seamen, and of course include passenger ships, with the remaining surviving records at Greenwich Maritime Museum, but you really also need the Official Number of these ships to make searches through these huge archives. Another source may be the Indian and Asian department of the British Library. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 2:05 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] passenger lists India to UK > Thank you to those who responded to my request as to how to find lists of > passengers travelling from India to UK in the 1920s. "Movinghere.org" > and "Find my Past" were both mentioned but I don't seem to be able to find > them on either. The latter seems to have only those travelling from the > UK. Can anyone help further by specifying whereabouts on these sites I > might find them? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.800 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2791 - Release Date: 04/04/10 19:32:00

Thank you to those who responded to my request as to how to find lists of passengers travelling from India to UK in the 1920s. "Movinghere.org" and "Find my Past" were both mentioned but I don't seem to be able to find them on either. The latter seems to have only those travelling from the UK. Can anyone help further by specifying whereabouts on these sites I might find them?

Hi Everyone I have a photo of my great aunt Lilian Slator (Nee Wilcox) who is standing by the seated - what we think is the wife of Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Maharaja of Borada, 1919? She was the queens lady in waiting. Could anyone tell me who would have been his wife at this time. Many Thanks Sue

A Book Review and Excerpts from another: Sunday, April 4, 2010 1 Incredible British India Reviewed by Shalini Rawat ''Mehtars and Marigolds: A Story of Four Generations in British India'' (1874 to 1948) By Barbara Dinner. Perkerren Publishing. Pages 363. Price not mentioned. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100404/spectrum/book3.htm 2 Master of military might Amarinder Singh's book, ''The Last Sunset - The Rise & Fall of the Lahore Durbar'' by Amarinder Singh. Published by Roli Books, gives an insight into the legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh as a military strategist and an able administrator. Excerpts. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100404/spectrum/main1.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Sunday, April 4, 2010 Royalty in new role ONCE the leaders of the people, many of the erstwhile Indian royalty, who lost their standing post-Independence, have now become followers of their hearts as they have broadened their role as protectors of India's heritage, culture and even human rights. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100404/spectrum/main7.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar