Non-Members' Area Content
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Evacuees arriving in India, many entries show their addresses in Burma and India.
Evacuees arriving in India, many entries show their addresses in Burma and India.
Details of those who perished during and after the evacuation.
This list is mainly of internees at Maymyo with a few additions from other sources.
Official Instructions and information for the evacuees.
as above.
A list of articles that could be taken on the evacuation without a permit.
Secret notes on those who suffered and died in the Internment Camp at Maymyo.
A detailed report on the events surrounding the 1942 Evacuation.
1942 Evacuation Report
Reports on their whereabouts during the evacuation, dated 21st May 1942.
A Letter written by Wilfred Grey of Steel Bros. May 1942, from G.W.
Account of activities by Stuart MacDonald. Donated by his nephew Charles Groves.
Maymyo, women and children recently released from Japanese internment.
A short film held at Cambridge University shows his work saving refugees.
Extracts from the London Gazette
Military situations, evacuation routes and communications.
Showing towns, railways, rivers and routes used during the evacuation.
Personnel list and the establishments they were associated with.
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Additional Reports and Memoirs are available in the Members' Area
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Up & Over the Mountains
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Memoirs of Mrs May Morton, wife of John Morton, Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Manager, edited by Cullen Morton and published with his kind permission.
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Jack Cardew - Deputy Loco. Supdt. Burma Rlys.
Percy Salked - Rice Dept., Steel Bros.
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by Shirley West.
by Phyllis Lattimer.
Postscript by her brother Desmond, author of "Kelly´s Burma Campaign."
Summary of Mr Millar's diary of an expedition over the Chaukan Pass.
Diary of a 16 year old girl.
Diary extracts, regarding Evacuations. Would a family member please get in touch.
His "Walk Out" published by kind permission of his daughter Alice.
Lovingly constructed and donated to the ABL by Carol Horne (nee Burtenshaw) who is the Granddaughter of Florence Emily Edwards and James Robb Edwards. (see below)
A reconstruction by Carol Horne (nee Burtenshaw) from the original diary of her grandmother and donated to the ABL with all our thanks. (also see the above entry.)
A brief account of the family's evacuation donated by Charles Groves.
Stuart MacDonald was the last Manager of the Rangoon Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. The story of his evacuation has been donated by his nephew Charles Groves.
Mrs Audrey Winifred Groves account of her evacuation from Rangoon
on the 25th Jan. 1942 with her 9 month old son, Charles Antony Bennett Groves. Colin McPhedran, an interview
Extracts from The B.B.C.´s website, an archive of personal evacuation/trek stories.
Extracts regarding their part in the Denial and Evacuation.
Louis Allen (See members' area for index)
Please also see the recommended reading list
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Names, rank and unit / photographs with names.
Names, dates and citation sources.
Photographs of officers with names and ranks.
Overview and dedication
Name, date of appointment, rank and civilian occupation
Name, rank, details of award / source of citation
Name, rank, memorial details and inscriptions
Names, Service No's etc. and the date Command was relinquished.
Steve Rothwell's dedication had produced this project "not only will this add additional B.A.F. names but some may find it interesting to see how men who trekked out of Burma with the B.A.F. continued to serve and later found themselves in the B.I.C.
This link will take you to his website. Officers who served with units of the Army in Burma (Burma Army,) Burma Military Police and the Burma Frontier Force. by Steve Rothwell.
Name, rank, unit, details of award or medal. By Vivian Rodrigues
Joint British/US clandestine operations unit. This list of names has been supplied by Vivian Rodrigues.
His family have very kindly allowed us to publish a few regimental photos.
Training of new recruits
Taken from the book, Behind the Burma Road, by Genl. William Peers and Dean Brelis, this article appears in a forces magazine (page 8.)
(link to Ex-CBI Roundup's website.) Lord Mountbatten inspecting the troops and post war rationing.
Photographs of bomb damage incurred during WW11.
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Details of rank, unit and civilian occupation - members area.
Details of rank, unit, dates of enrolment or appointment - members area.
Extract from the proceedings of the Chief Commissioner, Military Dept. calling for more Volunteers - members area.
Annual prize distribution of the Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps - members area.
Muster Rolls for 1884 - 1885. Name, date of appointment & unit - members area.
Photographs of the officers with a few names, 1884 and 1919.
Extracts from the Muster Rolls of the Anglo-Indian Cavalry, the Anglo-Indian Battery and the Anglo-Indian Infantry - members area.
Members of the Volunteer Forces - members' area.
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Photographs of B.O.C. Personnel lists and advertisement images.
A brief description of the beginning and early days of the B.O.C
An overview of the P.W.D, it's infrastructure and objectives.
Details of P.W.D. Officers including birth date, location, positions held and dates of appointment.
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Steve Rothwell's excellent site. Worth having a look even if you're not interested in military history.
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Steve Fogden's well-researched and presented documentary site on the 1st Chindit Expedition.
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The fount of all knowledge (if you were an Officer.)
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The helping hands who saved so many lives during the civilian evacuation of 1942.
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