Interview with Frank Leeson [sound recording]

Material Information

Title:
Interview with Frank Leeson [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interview with Francis Leeson [sound recording]
Creator:
Leeson; Francis Leo (b 1926); solider
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Leeson, Francis Leo, 1926- ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:45:44

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
ایشیا -- برطانوی راج
एशिया -- ब्रिटिश राज
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਰਾਜ
এশিয়া -- ব্রিটিশ ভারত
Asia -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir -- Baramulla -- Baramulla -- St. Joseph's Convent
ایشیا -- ہندوستان -- جموں وکشمیر -- بارہمولہ -- بارہمولہ -- سینٹ جوزف کانونٹ
एशिया -- भारत -- जम्मू और कश्मीर -- बारामूला -- बारामूला -- सेंट जोसेफ कॉन्वेंट
এশিয়া -- ভারত -- জম্মু ও কাশ্মীর -- বারামুল্লা -- সেন্ট জোসেফ কনভেন্ট
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਭਾਰਤ -- ਜੰਮੂ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ -- ਬਾਰਾਮੂਲਾ -- ਸੇਂਟ ਜੋਸਫ ਕਾਨਵੈਂਟ
Partition of India (1947) ( LCSH )
Pakistan -- History -- Partition (1947) ( LCSH )
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 ( LCSH )
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 -- Oral histories ( LCSH )
تقسیم ہند (1947)
ভারত বিভাজন (1947)
भारत का विभाजन (1947)
ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ (1947)
(1947) ہندستان دی ونڈ
St. Joseph's Convent (Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
ਸੇਂਟ ਜੋਸਫ ਕਾਨਵੈਂਟ (ਬਾਰਾਮੂਲਾ, ਜੰਮੂ ਅਤੇ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ, ਭਾਰਤ)
Genre:
Oral histories
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- British Raj
Coordinates:
34.203695 x 74.350829

Notes

Abstract:
Frank Leeson interviewed about his role in the evacuation of the Baramulla convent, Kashmir in November 1947, and more generally about the population of the North West Frontier Province and Kashmir. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Francis Leo Leeson was born in 1926. He enlisted in the British Army around 1944. He served as a Khassadar in the North West Frontier Province tribal agency of South Waziristan, c 1944-1947. Leeson later travelled across South Asia on behalf of the 'National Geographic' publication. He worked later in insurance.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Frank Leeson's home in Worthing, United Kingdom
General Note:
Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead
General Note:
Duration: Duration: 00:45:44
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 12
General Note:
Date of Interview: 20 June 2001
General Note:
Related material: Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
General Note:
Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
General Note:
Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/18/12 ( CALM Reference number )