Burma Regiment: Chin Hills Battalion

Scope and Content

Typescript account, undated, of the Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Regiment, British Army, over the period 1894-1947, comprising reports written by various officers [1897-1947], including accounts of operations and some lists of personnel. The section for the period 1894-1897 was not written at the time, but compiled in 1897 or 1898 from various sources.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Chin Hills Battalion was formed in 1894.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Presented in 1978.

Related Material

The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, holds typescript histories of the Chin Hills Battalion written by Lt Col Alleyn Cardwell Moore (Ref: Moore). The British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections, contains relevant material among the India Office records.