Burmah Oil Company

The Burmah Oil Company

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The images have been supplied either in the form of publicity material (the candle cards etc) or else have been copied from the in-house publication "The Burmah Group Magazine", in which case they are watermarked and easily identifiable.
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Background Information

Engineers, Geologists and M.O.'s
Staff Assistants
Marine and Riverine
Burma Employees A-Z
Employees Various

Please note that although there are just over two thousand names contained in these lists, we do not by any means suggest that they are complete. However we believe that these lists are as complete as is now possible.

Lim Chin Tsong

The story of a man who was instrumental in the early development of Burmah Oil. More family history can be found here, including photos of his palace on Kokine Hill.

Almost all of the individuals in the photos below are named, and it is certain also that some of the individuals did not belong to the B.O.C.