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Burma - Missionary Accounts, 1942-1946

Collection: ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946    Volumes    Burma - Missionary Accounts, 1942-1946
These papers contain a clear focus upon the fate of missionaries who were in Burma when the Second World War started. From H.P.Thompson's account of the missionaries' evacuation of Rangoon to accounts and extracts of those who escaped Burma and what happened to those who didn't leave.
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Accounts of an Air Raid and Air Evacuation, 1941-1942

These papers feature the typescript narratives 'in a Rangoon Raid' and 'The Air Evacuation Camps'. The account of an air raid on Rangoon is from the perspective of a volunteer...

Collection:‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946
Date:1941-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-03

George Tidey account, 1942

George Tidey's account of the trek by 120 convalescents and their carers from Burma to safety in India, through the Hukawng Valley between 2nd May and 16th June 1942. Item...

Collection:‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946
Date:1942-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-02

Drafts of H.P, Thompson's book, including transcripts of extracts, 1942-1946

These papers were collected by H.P. Thompson (SPG Education Secretary) for the writing of a book about Missionaries during World War II, this book was never written. These items include...

Collection:‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946
Date:1942-1946
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-01
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