The Burmah Oil Company

All Transcriptions by The Anglo-Burmese Library
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They 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.  We have kindly been permitted to reproduce the images here.  If you wish to use any of this material elsewhere then you must ask permission from BP Archives.  These data sets are the work of our members (volunteers) 
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Background Information

Names of:-
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.
Dunneedaw, 1904
Nyounghla, 1921
Nyounghla, 1923
Yenangyaung, 1915
Baptism, Burma Fields,1940
Chauk, 1937
"On the Road" - 1914
Typical "fair-weather" road
H.S. Bowlby (R) and Gus Stirling shared this bachelor pad at Nyaunghla
A solution to the crowded roads
Payday
Yenangyaung Club,1939
Cricket? Lanywa 1939
Back row, sixth from right:-  Granville Gerald Champion Streatfeild, d. 1954
Tennis, Syriam - early,1900's
Polo, Magwe, early 20's
Syriam Pony Club, 1908
Soccer, Magwe 1927, 2nd row centre believed to be Samuel Simkins
Snipe hunting - Paunglin 1920's
Harriers, early 1900's
Volunteer Rifles
The Yenangyaung Cinema
Yenangyaung Club Members
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