IDNO

DG.144870.SHP

Description

"Gould and caravan leaving Goutsa (12,600 ft.) village and Rest House. Looking down the Tromo Chu (Chumbi valley). 13 August '38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Chumbi; Tromo Chu; Gautsa [Goutsa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Basil 'B. J.' Gould

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

13 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.13,
"13 August 1938
Left Gontsa 0700 and continued up the Chumbi gorge with Gould and H.H. and a long cavalcade. Road rather steeper (average 1/10) but line possible for M.T. road. Khuds steep and scrub covered but few trees. At mile 5 Dotag plain could camp up to 1 Bde and after crossing the river at Kamparab camp sites become unlimited but no fuel.
Saw Chomo Lhari in all its glory from above Dotag plain.
Met Hudson (1/15) and O’Mailey? (Dr) on their way down to Yatung with relief pl. from Gyantse.
On reaching Kamparab the others went on and Archie and I climbed about 1500 feet to R. of track hoping to follow the spur round towards Phari. Map V. inaccurate and lots of nullahs not shown and we had to descend to Phari plain again. Arrived V tired 1700 hrs.
Rummy, bath, bed." [JD 26/01/2020]

Named Person: "Sir Basil John Gould, CMG, CIE (29 December 1883 – 27 December 1956) was a British Political Officer in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet from 1935 to 1945.
Known as "B.J.", Gould was born in Worcester Park, Surrey, to Charles and Mary Ellen Gould. He was educated at Winchester College and Oxford University. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1907.
Gould was a British Trade Agent in Gyantse, Tibet from 1912 to 1913. In 1912, the Dalai Lama asked that some "energetic and clever sons of respectable families" should be given "world-class educations at Oxford College, London". The Indian government decided that Gould, who was about to go on leave back to England, should guide the four young boys (known as the "Four Rugby Boys") on their journey to the United Kingdom and assist them during their first few weeks in England in April 1913.
In August 1936, Gould led a delegation to Lhasa to negotiate with the Tibetan government on the possibility of the 9th Panchen Lama's return to Tibet. Gould also discussed British military aid to Lhasa. Gould inquired about the creation of a British office in Lhasa, but the Tibetan government rejected this. Gould eventually departed Lhasa, but left behind his commercial representative, Hugh Richardson, who had been previously stationed in Gyantse. Richardson was equipped with a radio so Richardson could maintain contact with the British." [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Gould, JD 06/06/2020]