A collection of papers relating to Gyles Mackrell and various tea planters and refugees having to evacuate Burma during the Japanese invasion in 1942.

Box 1 – Letters and diary entries from Sir John Rowland and his party while evacuating Burma; letters and diaries from Tainsh and his party while assisting refugees.

Box 2 – 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.

Box 3 – Papers and notes from Dennis Segal about the evacuation and general information of Burma.