About thirty years ago my mother did some research at the India Office in London. We have her notes on her findings but unfortunately neither she nor I can read her handwriting reliably, and since I live in Scotland and am poorer than dirt I can't afford to go to London to re-check the records to find out what they really say. Also, even the bits we're sure we can read are very cryptic and I don't know what they all mean.
The entry in question concerns my grandfather Bertram Rae, who I know was first an Assistant District Superintendent of Police, then a District Superintendent. He was in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers, and family memory is that he served behind Japanese lines on some kind of secret guerilla mission.
The entry from my mother's notes is:
India Office and Burma Office List, 1947 supplement: (OIR 354.5)
Bertram Denis Langford Rae, Indian Police (District Superintendant), served as Asst. District Superintendant, Burma 12/12/1924. Offg (?) District Superintendant May 1933, confd Feb 1939. Civ. aff. Serv. to October 1945. District Superintendant 1946.
The bits I'm not sure if I'm reading right, and don't know what they mean even if I am, are "Offg", "confd" and "Civ. aff. Serv.", although I would guess that "confd" is "confirmed". Does anybody have any suggestions as to what the other bits mean?