Letters home, diaries, reports, photographs and press cuttings relating to service in the Ceylon Police Force, 1920-1939.
Dates
- 1920-1939
Extent
3 boxes, 1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 287].
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MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 287, t. 7
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 591, 592
Biographical / Historical
J.R. Granville Bantock (fl 1920-1939) served as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon, 1921-1928 and Superintendent, Crime Branch, Colombo, Ceylon, 1931-1936.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 660 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated to the library by Mrs. Marjorie Bantock through the Oxford Colonial Archive Project in April 1985.
- Title
- Papers of J. R. Granville Bantock
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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