NAM.2006-07-56-1

18 page continuous exercise paper booklet. Front page outlines ‘Subject:- Movements. No.1 Syndicate. Exercise:- Tactical Trains. 22. Syndicate leader. Captain C I V Jones.’ Inside front cover has sheet with a list of exercises. Front page has been signed by Captains A R Barker, Jones, Pirouet, Bullen Smith and Major Mackay Forbes. Also annotated by Field Marshal Montgomery (in red) and another (in pink) unknown. Dated 21 June 1934, Quetta. The booklet also contains a hand written staff tables “A” and “C”, an “Entrainment” table and a map of Quetta. From a collection of archive material relating to Capt C I V Jones who served his career in the Royal Artillery, from December 1919 to February 1955. Capt Jones was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1952. Following his retirement he worked in the War Office until 1970, finally retiring at the age of 70. He rose to the rank of Brigadier; he saw ten years of service in India before the war and a further 15 months after the war, part of the time in Peshawar. Associated with World War One (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945).

World War One (1914-1918), World War Two (1939-1945)