Memoir by Sao Sein Nyun or `Nancy' (b1919), daughter of the Sawbwa of South Hsenwi, one of the Northern Shan States, and later wife of Julian Daglish (b1916) Indian Police, Burma from 1937, giving an account of her home and people.
Two reports and a letter concerning the Wa tribe and Wa States, by Capt Harold Mason Young (b1901), Burma Frontier Service 1946, Assistant Resident, Northern Shan States 1946, John Walter Leedham (b1905), Burma Frontier Service from 1927, Resident in Lashio, Northern Shan States 1945, and Julian Daglish (b1916), Indian Police, Burma from 1937, Assistant Superintendant of Police, Northern Shan States 1946.
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Two reports and a letter concerning the Wa tribe and Wa States, by Capt Harold Mason Young (b1901), Burma Frontier Service 1946, Assistant Resident, Northern Shan States 1946, John Walter Leedham (b1905), Burma Frontier Service from 1927, Resident in Lashio, Northern Shan States 1945, and Julian ...
Account by Maj Victor H Brookes of the battle of Sangshak, Mar 1944, and in particular the role of 50th Parachute Brigade; preceded by account of Rugby football tournament at Bombay, 1943.
`Piprahwa: a three-pipe problem': unpublished paper by T A Phelps on excavations at Piprahwa and elsewhere relating to the Buddha's birthplace; also background research material gathered for the paper.
`Memories of India 1907-1947: memories of India, England, Burma and Malaya in the twilight of Empire'and `More Memories of India' by Edmund de Laune Faunce (b 1907), Indian Army, Burma Rifles 1927, Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1934-47.
`Mandalay': brief essay by Mrs Rosemary Beatrice Schofield (b 1910) describing the Burmese and contrasting the Burmese and European quarters of the city.
`Fun is where you find it': memoir by Geoffrey A F Grindle, employee of British Burmah Petroleum Company 1926-42 of his experiences in the Burma oil fields; prefaced by a history of the oil industry in Burma.