Archive / Tag: World War Two

  • Orchard Papers
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    Memoir of a childhood spent throughout the British Empire; also details of later life in the Royal Navy and of tiem spent in India and the Dominion states. 137pp. Donated […]
  • Clow Papers: Box 1
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    Papers of Sir Andrew Clow, I.C.S. Posts in United Provinces 1914-19; Member, Viceroy’s Executive Council 1939; Governor of Assam 1942-47. Given by Mrs. Oddie File 1: Documents relating to the […]
  • BACSA Papers
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    Papers donated to the Centre by the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA). Memoirs and accounts of the evacuation of Burma ahead of the Japanese invasion of 1942. […]
  • Edgerley Papers: Box 9
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    Donated by Mr D. Edgerley File 1: Letter, Shwebo. 15 March 1942. Letter from David Edgerley’s mother to his father, written from Shwebo on the eve of her evacuation to […]
  • Bourne/Broadbent Papers: Box 10
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    Papers of Marjorie and George Broadbent. Folder 1: Letters received by Marjorie Broadbent (nee Bourne) and George Broadbent while stationed in Palestine and Egypt, 1928-29 and 1946-49. Many of the […]
  • Howe Papers
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    Donated by Mrs Nan Howe. Small Collections Box 14 Wartime diary of William ‘Bill’ Howe, M.C. detailing his evacuation from Burma [Myanmar] ahead of the Japanese invasion of 1942. the […]
  • Mackrell Papers: Box 3
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    Papers and notes from Dennis Segal about the evacuation and general information of Burma. Folder 1 – Report given by the Indian Tea Association on the assistance given by the […]
  • Mackrell Papers: Box 2
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    Papers relating to Gyles Mackrell, a tea planter in Assam during the evacuation of Burma; papers about Lambert and his work during the evacuation of Burma. Folder 1 – Extract […]
  • Mackrell Papers: Box 1
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    Letters and diary entries from Sir John Rowland and his party as they evacuated Burma into Assam; letters and diaries of Alasdair Tainsh. Folder 1 – Diary of Sir John […]
  • Smith, J.M. Papers
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    John Morrison Smith, Steel & Co., Burma 1942. Diary describing flight from Burma ahead of the Japanese invasion, April-June 1942. Donated by Mrs Elizabeth Judd. Small Collections Box 21 Diary […]