Letter

  • Reference
    • GB 133 RRP/87
  • Dates of Creation
    • 26 Jun 1942

Scope and Content

To his mother, he is now staying with the Tyndale-Biscoes at Srinagar; comments on Tyndale-Biscoe's religious views and missionary work (in a later note Ridgway says Tyndale-Biscoe had been educated at Bradfield and ran an influential school in Kashmir. He introduced swimming lessons for his pupils).

[Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe, 1863-1949, was a missionary and educationist, who spent most of his career in Kashmir, established a school in Srinagar, which favoured sports and character building].