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*Obituary of [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into [[Hodson's Horse]], and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts'' (refer below) and ''The Viceroy's Agent''. | *Obituary of [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into [[Hodson's Horse]], and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts'' (refer below) and ''The Viceroy's Agent''. | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). | *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frontierscouts0000chen/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library]. | ||
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]] | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force]] | ||
[[Category:Frontier Scouts]] | [[Category:Frontier Scouts]] | ||
Revision as of 11:09, 4 February 2020
Recommended Reading
"The Frontier Scouts" by Charles Chenevix Trench. Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1985. Available online, refer below.
External links
- Frontier Corps Wikipedia
- Obituary of Charles Chenevix Trench, c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into Hodson's Horse, and winning an MC during the Second World War. In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947; The Frontier Scouts (refer below) and The Viceroy's Agent.
Historical books online
- The Frontier Scouts by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1985. Also available Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.