Collection of papers.

Papers of Captain (E) WJ Lifton, CIE, RIN (b.1910): Collection of papers including: 1) Articles of Agreement as Assistant Engineer, RIM, 14 August 1913; 2) commission as Assistant Engineer, RIM, 23 February 1914; 3) colonial certificate of competency as First Class Engineer, 30 April 1914; 4) temporary commission as Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, RN, 23 August 1917; 5) war appointment as Assistant Engineer, RIMS DUFFERIN, 2 August 1914; 6) commission as Engineer Lieutenant, RIM, 28 April 1917; 7) letter of thanks from Rear Admiral and Mrs Walwyn to serving officer of the RIN, 25 November 1934; 8) award of King George V Jubilee Medal, 6 May 1935; 9) award of King George VI Coronation Medal, 12 May 1937; 10) RIN Squadron Order 151(E) of 1938 - 'Revision of Retiring Pensions of Commissioned Officers of the RIN & Rules to Govern their Promotion & Retirements', 12 May 1938; 11) Government of India Defence Department (Navy Branch) letter, 20 January 1938, Statement of Terms & Conditions Governing the Service of RIN Officers under the Government of India Department of Commerce; 12) 'Indian Republican Army', a pamphlet found on the body of a terrorist shot in an attack on Europeans at the Cricket Club, Chittagong, 7 January 1934; 13) International Maritime Conference papers, Copenhagen, November 1945, at which Captain Lifton represented the Government of India (10 items); 14) award of CIE, including correspondence, invitation and notes detailing procedures for investiture by the Viceroy, March 1946; 15) record of prize cargoes taken, 3 September 1939 - 31 August 1942; 16) record of war work carried out for Admiralty etc; 17) personal papers - including Masonic Lodge, 5 January 1937 and 16 May 1947 (2 items), United Service Club, 6 September 1945, Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 27 August - 7 September 1942, Royal Bombay Seamen's Society, 27 August 1942; 18) original and typescript of historical notes by Captain Lifton on a journey from Simla to Bombay immediately following the partition of India in 1947.