Description

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 Rowland kept during the evacuation.
• Letters from Rowland, dated August 13th 1942.
• Notes from the memoirs of E.I.Milne.
• The attitude of the Burmese People in the recent campaign written by Rowland.
• News articles about Rowland’s Party and the evacuation from Burma.
• Extract of Millar’s Diary
• Summary of Millar’s Diary
• Extracts from Gardiner’s Diary
• List of the Rossiter Family
• Letter from Edward Rossiter, 30th October 1942

Folder 2 –

• Keeping fit in the jungle, by Alasdair Tainsh, January 1943
• Diary of A. Tainsh
• Extracts from ‘And some fell by the wayside’ by Tainsh.
• Extracts from ‘The Mould Connection’ by Tainsh.
• The peasant approach to the fungal problem and current medical research by Tainsh.
• News article about Tainsh

Folder 3 – Information about Thomson and Lindop who worked closely with Tainsh on the Pangsau pass.

• Copy of a letter from from Lindop on the 30th of January 1943.
• Letter from Lindop to Leach, 28th March 1946.
• Letter to Leach from C.F.B Pearce.
• Lindop’s obituary.
• Lindop’s death certificate.
• Letter about Thomson.
• Extract of letter from Elsie Thomson (R Thomson’s wife), 9th of February 1943
• Notes about awards received by Thomson
• Letter extracts between Thomson and Humble.
• Elsie Thomson’s death certificate
• Death certificate of Ronald Thomson
• Notes from the Thomson’s obituary
• Letters about Thomson’s death.
• Twelve letters from Barlow to his wife.
• Extract from memoirs of W.H.D Newton.