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...

Date:1941-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-03
War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion Typescript 1940s Books British India India Diaries Burma Myanmar Notes 1942 Anglican Communion Japanese Invasion of Burma Air Raids Refugees Evacuation Missionaries Anglicanism George Tidey 1941

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...

Date:1942-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-02
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion Typescript Manuscript 1940s Books Maps Diaries Burma Myanmar Notes 1942 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Anglican Communion Japanese Invasion of Burma Air Raids Refugees Evacuation Missionaries Anglicanism George Tidey

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...

Date:1942-1946
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136A-01
Second World War International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion Correspondence Typescript Manuscript 1940s 1930s Books British India India Diaries Burma Myanmar Notes 1937 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Missionary Preparation Union Anglican Communion H.P. Thompson Japanese Invasion of Burma Air Raids Refugees Evacuation Missionaries Anglicanism