Lot 29
Sir Basil John Gould(British, 1883-1956)
4 June 2025, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetAsk about this lot
Sir Basil John Gould (British, 1883-1956)
A large box of photograph albums, papers, letters and manuscripts relating to Gould's service in Afghanistan:
2 x albums of photographs and a detailed account of the Kabul Airlift Dec 1928 - Feb 1929.
An album of photographs of the aftermath of the 1935 Quetta earthquake.
A large album of photographs of Kabul and India bearing initials "B.J.G.".
A quantity of other photographs and documents.
2 x albums of photographs and a detailed account of the Kabul Airlift Dec 1928 - Feb 1929.
An album of photographs of the aftermath of the 1935 Quetta earthquake.
A large album of photographs of Kabul and India bearing initials "B.J.G.".
A quantity of other photographs and documents.
Footnotes
In 1926 Gould was posted to the British Legation in Kabul, Afghanistan and then to Baluchistan 1933.
He was part of the Kabuk airlift that evacuated almost six-hundred from Kabul to India from 23rd December 1929 - 25th February 1920. This was a reaction to the attacks on Kabul by the rebels to King Amanullah.
The earthquake in Quetta, Baluchistan struck on the early morning of 31st May 1935, it had a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale and it is estimated that up to 70,000 were killed.
Gould was awarded the Nishan-i-Suja'at Star (see lot 2) for his services in Afghanistan.