‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914–1946 Search

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 Typescript Manuscript 1940s 1930s British India India 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 Books Diaries Correspondence

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 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 Books Maps Diaries

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 British India India Burma Myanmar Notes 1942 Anglican Communion Japanese Invasion of Burma Air Raids Refugees Evacuation Missionaries Anglicanism George Tidey 1941 Books Diaries

Collections of letters and papers from SPG Missionaries made by H.P. Thompson (SPG Education Secretary) for the purpose of writing a book about Missionaries during World War II (never written),...

Date:1941-1946
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136B-01
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s China Medicine Notes 1942 1943 1945 1946 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Anglican Communion Missionaries Anglicanism 1941 Second Sino-Japanese War Internment Camps Pearl Harbor Reports Correspondence

Miss Ethelreda Fisher, SPG Missionary: An Account of Life in China between the two world wars (1 volume). This narrative focusses upon the challenges of getting into and through China...

Date:1936-1940
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136B-02
War, Security, and Intelligence Economics Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s 1930s United States of America (USA) China Travel Notes Languages of China Chinese Culture Chinese History Communism Books

The Bishop's account of his four months as a prisoner of war in Japan, having lived there prior to his arrest. From his time in a Tobe police cell, to...

Date:1941-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136C-01
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s Japan Prisoners of War (POWs) Notes Anglicanism Bishop Samuel Heaslett Internment Christianity Books Correspondence

This correspondence contains various missionaries' accounts of internment in Japan at the outbreak of war between Japan and the allied forces. The range of accounts reveals how conditions and treatment...

Date:1941-1945
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136C-02
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s Japan Prisoners of War (POWs) 1942 1945 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Missionaries 1941 Repatriation Reports Correspondence

These papers provide a narrative account of the missionaries' evacuation from Sarawak after it was bombed by the Japanese air force. Item number X1039, pt1.

Date:1941-1942
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136D-01
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s Japan 1942 Air Raids Refugees Evacuation Missionaries Anglicanism 1941 British Malaya Malaysia Reverend James Paisley Japanese Invasion of Malaya Reports Diaries Correspondence

These items contain a range of accounts covering aspects of the invasion of Malaysia and the interned missionaries' release. Though details of life inside the camps are scarce, references to...

Date:1941-1945
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136D-02
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s United States of America (USA) Japan Notes Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Missionaries Anglicanism Christianity British Malaya Malaysia Reports Correspondence

These narrative accounts describe missionaries' treatment in Singpore whilst it was occupied by the Japanese army. The account by Rev. E. H. Scott includes his internment at home, in a...

Date:1942-1945
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136E-01
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s Japan Prisoners of War (POWs) Notes Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Refugees Anglicanism Internment Christianity Repatriation British Malaya Japanese Invasion of Malaya Singapore Fall of Singapore Torture Paintings/Drawings Diagrams Correspondence

These are the minutes from The SPG Special Wartime Committee Minute Book 1939-1940. The minutes include discussion of the Society's finances, details of medical missions, records of missionaries in various...

Date:1939-1940
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136F-01
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Media and Communications Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s Canada 1930s British India India China Japan South Africa Pakistan Medicine Australia Argentina Burma Myanmar Notes Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Evacuation Repatriation British Malaya Singapore Korea Union of South Africa Madagascar Zulu Kingdom Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha British Guiana Guyana British Honduras Belize Windward Islands Grenada Saint Vincent Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago 1939 1940 SPG Special Wartime Committee Finances Publications Statistics Minutes Ledgers Registers Diaries Correspondence

These papers include the 'Roll of Honour for King and Country - SPG Headquarters Staff ' c.1918; a 'List of Missionaries in internment in the Far East during world war...

Date:1918-1945
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73136F-02
Second World War War, Security, and Intelligence Colonialism and Empire Media and Communications Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1940s 1930s British India India China Japan South Africa Medicine Zimbabwe Southern Rhodesia Burma Myanmar Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) Missionaries Anglicanism Christianity British Malaya Malaysia Singapore Union of South Africa Madagascar Finances Publications Thailand Indonesia Brunei British North Borneo Dutch East Indies SPG Women's Missionaries' and Candidates' Department The Mission Field Working Conditions in Wartime Philippines Statistics Reports Ledgers Correspondence